RSSAMD Counters 'VIIV' With 'LIVE!'
By Ed Oswald | Published May 31, 2006, 10:45 AM
AMD introduced its first media center enabled PCs on Wednesday, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's next move in its ongoing battle with competitor Intel. The AMD LIVE! PCs, which are built on top of Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors, will include a collection of services and applications designed for the platform.
Intel introduced its VIIV line of computers in August of last year. Features of VIIV will be quick on-and-off similar to current entertainment devices, 5.1 surround sound with optional 7.1 surround sound support, and automatic transcoding of media files to ensure compatibility
VIIV technology will be integrated into set-top boxes designed to match stereos and DVD players, as well as standard desktop PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition.
AMD Live, on the other hand, seems to differ in that its focus is more on the applications. For example, a service called On Demand would assist in streaming live or pre-recorded media to various devices. LogMeIn, a PCAnywhere-like application, allows for remote access, and Media Vault is a service from AMD that provides up to 25GB of free storage for backups of media content.
Unlike VIIV's set of applications, AMD has made many of these available for free from the AMD Live Web site.
"With the AMD LIVE! PC, AMD begins delivering on its vision for merging broadcast TV content with interactive, personalized broadband applications and services, all without disrupting the devices already accepted and used by consumers in their homes today," said AMD desktop corporate vice president Bob Brewer.
Several manufacturers have signed on to build PCs based on the Live platform, including Acer, Alienware, Fujitsu, Gateway, and HP. The first PCs are expected to begin shipping sometime next month.
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AMD has already been placing Intel in
financial distress. [ With Intel announcing
just a few days ago it was going to focus
more on non-PC semiconductors ...which
everybody knows is because AMD now
owns the consumer PC market. ]
Foreseeing into the future (remember: the
PC Rat predicted consumer WinVista would
~not~ be released in 2006 !) your fav rodent
makes the following predictions:
* Apple shall get out of the
computer business and become
a music-only company
* AMD will replace Intel as
industry leader
* WinVista won't release in
January 2007
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The Computer Rodent
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Sweet, Ms CleoRat. What is my companies 6 month outlook so I know whether to buy stock or not?
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Rumors already started late last week that Vista was going to be pushed off again.
If you want to make predictions, give some sort of time frame - otherwise I can "predict" that Microsoft will create a new version of Linux (called Winux) and will successfully sue all other computer-based companies. Just wait, you'll see!
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* Apple shall get out of the
computer business and become
a music-only company
Duh?
* AMD will replace Intel as
industry leader
Dream on sweet dreamer. ;)
* WinVista won't release in
January 2007
While everyone seems to be good at making predictions as to when it *won't* ship, I'd really like to see if you are sure enough of your prognosticating abilities to try and predict when it *will* ship.
...good luck with that. ;)
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AMD r0XX0r5 j00r b0xx0r5!
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sorry I don't understand I don't speek geek
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You don't "speek" English either, apparently.
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Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it's binary for f_ _ _ you.
Geez kholdstare do you live in a bubble or are you just that naïve?
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look like i know how to spell better than him though lol
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Actually you're wrong.
Bone up on the Binary, boy. ;)
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easy there
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Up yours f00!
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Heh...
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lmao...
Heh. I Speil Horibably...
Nevar passt enlgish in skool.
I was too busy in the basement with your mom...
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Next company to use the word "Live" on a product/service name needs to get sued. Preferably by AMD, so that AMD can get sued by Microsoft, so that Microsoft can get sued by Creative, so that ...
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Symantec--no Norton--first used "LiveUpdate", followed by MSI corp. using the "Live BIOS"--or possibly even before that. Too bad all of these things are technology terms, so they should be "Dead" :-D
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Wow, AMD is really kicking it in to high gear. Intel better watch out or they are going to get a$$e$ handed to them.
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And AMD screams "me too!"
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