Plans for Atom processor line, new Moorestown chip also highlight Day 2 at IDF
(Computerworld) When Intel Corp. lays out its vision for the future, the chip maker most often focuses on new uses for its Atom processor, greater mobility and, of course, plans to develop more and more chips.
At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) today, company officials focused their discussions on the low-end Atom processor line, mobile devices and Intel's plans for television.
Intel announced that it is teaming up with Yahoo Inc. to jointly provide a way to tie television to the Internet. What Intel is calling the Widget Channel will allow users to access the Internet through their TVs.
Yahoo's Widget Engine, an application platform that enables users to interact with a TV, and Intel's new Media Processor CE3100, which had been dubbed "Canmore," power the Widget Channel. Yahoo will also provide Yahoo-branded widgets based on its Internet services, such as Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, to the system.
"TV will fundamentally change how we talk about, imagine and experience the Internet," said Eric Kim, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, in a keynote..............
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(Computerworld) When Intel Corp. lays out its vision for the future, the chip maker most often focuses on new uses for its Atom processor, greater mobility and, of course, plans to develop more and more chips.
At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) today, company officials focused their discussions on the low-end Atom processor line, mobile devices and Intel's plans for television.
Intel announced that it is teaming up with Yahoo Inc. to jointly provide a way to tie television to the Internet. What Intel is calling the Widget Channel will allow users to access the Internet through their TVs.
Yahoo's Widget Engine, an application platform that enables users to interact with a TV, and Intel's new Media Processor CE3100, which had been dubbed "Canmore," power the Widget Channel. Yahoo will also provide Yahoo-branded widgets based on its Internet services, such as Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, to the system.
"TV will fundamentally change how we talk about, imagine and experience the Internet," said Eric Kim, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, in a keynote..............
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113100&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1