p2pnet - rss feed: Intel’s Pentium D out today
p2pnet.net News:- What amounts to Intel’s second set of dual core processors is aimed at home entertainment users and is pricing accordingly..
Intel says the new platforms - complete with DRM - are designed to allow users to do more with their digital content simultaneously, and better allow businesses to boost PC security, system management and collaboration capabilities.
The new chip sets are the Intel Pentium D processor and the Intel 945 Express chipset family with support for features such as surround-sound audio, high-definition video and enhanced graphics.
It says the Intel Professional Business Platform includes the introduction of Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) to “help enable IT managers to monitor, install security patches or diagnose problems for all Intel AMT-enabled PCs on their networks” even if they’re turned off or have a failed hard drive or operating system.
It’s based on the new Intel 945G Express Chipset and the optional Intel PRO/1000 PM network adapter, and the recently introduced Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology1 600 sequence..”
The processors include the dual-core Pentium D and a new processor in the Intel Pentium 4 Processor 600 sequence.
Pentium D 840, 830 and 820 are $530, $316 and $241, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities.
The Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting HT Technology 670 is $851 in 1,000-unit quantities. Intel 945G and 945P Express Chipsets are priced at $42 and $38, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities.
Systems and motherboards based on Intel’s new platforms are shipping today.
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Intel - Intel Delivers New Features For Home And Office PCs, May 27, 2005
May 27th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Oh lovely! Intel has created a processor that allows someone to go in and screw around with the microcode on my CPU without me knowing about it. If it allows “IT managers to install security patches even if the device is turned off” sounds like it could also allow “Hackers to install malware at the microcode level whenever they want.” I hope they are planning on providing some manner in which to disable this capability.
May 30th, 2005 at 9:00 am
Since this is merely a thin pretext for the foisting of TCPA style DRM on consumers, might I suggest something a little more appropriate.. such as… “intel places your machine under hollywood control” ?