LIVE versus VIIV
p2p news / p2pnet: AMD has launched its first media center-enabled PCs, built on Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors. And they’ll include a collection of purpose-designed services and applications.
"Intel introduced its VIIV line of computers in August of last year," says BetaNews. But AMD Live seems to 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," it says. "Unlike VIIV’s set of applications, AMD has made many of these available for free from the AMD Live Web site."
Acer, Alienware, Fujitsu Siemens, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Sahara, and Tsinghua Tongang will offer AMD Live!-branded systems, says EETimes.
Among services to be offered on AMD Live! is On Demand from Orb Networks, "that streams live or prerecorded television programs, photos, music, and movies to Web-connected devices," says the story.
Also See:
BetaNews – AMD Counters ‘VIIV’ With ‘LIVE!’, May 31, 2006
EETimes – AMD rolls out home entertainment platform , May 31, 2006
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