Intel and NVIDIA Agrees on a Deal

Jan 112011
 

Both Intel and NVIDIA have agreed on a six year technology cross-licensing deal which will end the long patent rivalry between these two giant chip makers. The deal was worth of one and a half billion dollar and will allow these two companies to access into each other technology.

According to the deal Intel will pay NVIDIA 1.5 billion dollar over the next 6 consecutive years for an access into NVIDIA’s GPU and supercomputing technology. NVIDIA will get the access to Intel’s patent portfolios like microprocessors and chipsets. But the deal excludes x86 designs by Intel.

Jen Hsuan confirmed the new of this deal and said that the deal will allow Intel to integrate their technologies which are covered by their patents into Intel’s CPU, like Sandy Bridge. NVIDIA will also get the opportunity to use Intel’s technology for their future products like Denver, Tegra etc.

He added that NVIDIA has no intention to build X86 processors rather they are more focused on the ARM processors. NVIDIA does not feel the necessity of building another X 86 products because the market is already saturated by these processors. They are looking to capitalize the growing popularity of ARM processors as they sense it is the processor of the future.

Jen Hsuan referred to the 2004 cross licensing deal with Sony for developing PS3 technology as a precedent. Although he thinks the Sony deal was a tiny one when compared to this new deal with Intel. He thinks NVIDIA will do a good business with Intel for the next six years.

But despite all these agreement NVIDIA has refused to build any more chipset devices that are compatible with Intel product. Jen Hsuan repeatedly said that the company has no intention to build those chipsets. It Seems like NVIDIA is sticking with its guns.

Movie and Video Service by Intel

Jan 082011
 

It was anticipated that Intel will launch Sandy Bridge or Core 2011 processors in this year’s consumer electronics show. But who guess that Intel is about to open its own movie and video services within the first half of this year. Intel will provide this video service with their core 2011 processors in laptops or desktops. People will be able to purchase or rent latest video clips or movies in HD format. Some people might wonder why Intel is going after the studios and video distributors when lots of other companies are already doing the same thing. Actually Intel is sitting in such a position that it can afford to combat any distributor. And they are trying to establish a hardware protection for the contents rather than software protection. The goal of this attempt is to provide all latest contents at the same time at one place with maximum security. Intel has already made deals with the Warner Bros and Cinema Now. Intel will provide all movies and video contents as soon as the DVD or Blu-ray format of the content releases. Although they did not make any clear statement whether there will be any insider portal or Intel will let other service provider to perform on their hardware platform but we will find it out once the show begins.

This attempt by Intel is pushing WIDI, the second generation, in a big way. It will enable 1080p streaming and ultimately will enable streaming contents which are protected, including Blu-ray and DVD disks. The WiDi 2.0 will function as the original one which will enable users to extend their desktop monitors into HD monitor but it will require a new HDTV receiver to enable complete HD monitor.

Anyway if Intel succeeds with this project, we will have another trusty distributor of video contents. But it is not clear who will be making these devices and how much they will cost.

Intel’s Sandy Bridge – the HD access to Hollywood

Jan 042011
 

The next-generation processor of Intel is formally going to be announced. This time Hollywood has been playing a big role.

The 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family is called “Sandy Bridge.” It is a large step for the case of the chipmaker as because the main processor is directly grafted with graphics chip. This is going to boost the performance. Better visual experience and an elegant performance is its main aim. It’s quite evident how much the online video is in demand all round the globe. The main target with this processor was to improve the architectural experience by quite a margin. Intel likes calling it as “User Visual Experience.”

Of all the features of Sandy Bridge, one of the main is the speed between data formats. The chip contains the latest version of Intel’s Turbo Boost (version 2.0). It is a key technology used to speed up or slow down the processor and thereby optimize performance and power.

The main highlights of Sandy Bridge are the 20 latest Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, more than 500 new PC systems, Quick Sync Video, enhanced graphics silicon, latest Turbo Boost 2.0, Intel Wireless Display 2.0, and Intel Insider.

The way in to Hollywood content is programmed into the chip. This is a technology we know as called Intel Insider. This tech is going to unlock the premium high definition content for PC. As far as we know that Sandy Bridge is going to be launched in presence of the Warner Bros., Fox and a number of other studios as well.

Intel Insider is thus delivering distribution rights of HD digital to your PC. And it does not end here; Intel has also further added advanced security features as well. Presently several Sandy Bridge systems is going to be demonstrated at the “Consumer Electronics Show,” to be held in Las Vegas on January 6th .