Video and audio streaming company Geo Interactive has formed an agreement with Intel to port its A2 MPEG 4 video decoder technology onto the chip giant's StrongARM processor, which is used in mobile devices.
We'll increasingly see PC hardware and software companies focusing on audio and video as means of interaction. Chris Ingle, analyst at IDC, sees the multimedia browser revolution focusing on the consumer market, and leaving the business PC largely...
The board also comes with a chipset for DDR memory, USB 2.0 and 1394 ports, and a hardware MPEG-2 decoder. Because of its comparatively small size, the Mini-ITX - a circuit board complete with the processor and many of the other components...
The technology supports the emerging video standard MPEG-4 and H.263; audio formats MP3, AAC and Narrowband AMR audio; and its RealAudio and RealVideo streaming formats. In the latest move to court consumer electronics manufacturers, RealNetworks...
MPEG-4 is an emerging standard for the delivery of digital media on PCs, DVDs and consumer electronics. Proponents of MPEG-4 are decrying Microsoft's new licensing fees for rival technology, saying that the pricing poses unfair competition and...
More customers are using those in multimedia capabilities, like in TV tuners. How do you see the battle playing out between the PC and consumer electronics companies? Is it a stretch from your core competency in PCs?