Intel Reveals First Entertainment PCs Signaling New Era of Digital Home Entertainment.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- In a keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work here today, Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking executive Robert Crooke outlined products and technology trends that will revolutionize the way people experience entertainment in their homes. The company also unveiled several of the first available Entertainment PCs. Soaring sales of digital cameras, MP3 players, CD/DVD players, digital TVs, personal video recorders See DVR. and a slew of other digital devices highlight the pervasiveness of digital entertainment. Consumers who want to enjoy this vast selection of digital content on their home TVs and stereos now have an easier way to do so due to a new category of PCs: the Entertainment PC. The media "command center" of the digital home, Entertainment PCs are designed to sit on an entertainment rack A cabinet that holds stereo and home theater equipment. See entertainment equipment. and work with a television set with a remote control. The Entertainment PC combines the functionality of home audio and video devices with the power of a high-performance multimedia computer. Easy to use, Entertainment PCs keep digital content in one convenient, central location, accessible via remote control or wireless keyboard. Entertainment PCs act as a combined CD/DVD player and recorder, FM stereo and music server, and personal video recorder. By adding a broadband connection See broadband and wireless broadband. , an Entertainment PC becomes an on-demand entertainment store, allowing users to download the latest movies, music, news and more. "Entertainment PCs are an all-in-one digital film vault, music collection, photo gallery and game room," said Crooke, Intel general manager of Desktop Marketing and Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . "With an Entertainment PC, you can experience cinematic quality entertainment at home without ever leaving your favorite chair." Based on Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processors supporting Hyper-Threading Technology(1) and the Intel(R) 915 Express Chipset, high performance Entertainment PCs have the power to simultaneously perform demanding tasks, such as watching a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. while recording a live TV program or playing an interactive game while downloading a movie in the background. Now available from a number of manufacturers, Entertainment PCs are just one of the hot items for the holiday season. Other new products include the latest Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology-based entertainment notebooks and Intel(R) XScale(TM) processor-based portable media players. Consumers can see these and other innovative products at the Intel exhibit at Digital Life (Booth #1536). Attendees can experience the digital lifestyle, viewing digital home movies and photos, checking out high-definition movies and experiencing wireless gaming on a large plasma screen. They can challenge others to a PC gaming face-off using the latest high-performance desktop and mobile PCs. Or they can scan the latest online surf report using the Intel Centrino mobile technology wireless surfboard. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Intel, the Intel logo, Pentium, Centrino and XScale are marks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. (1) Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with an Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading/ for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology. |
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