December 12, 2005
Viiv-based Desktops Coming Soon
According to Digitimes sources, Viiv based home media PCs will begin mass production as early as February 2006. The ballpark launch cost for these PCs is slated to be $1000-1500. Let's hope these companies come out with spiffy form-factors and work on deadening the noise levels.Intel’s Viiv platform will consist of the dual-core Pentium D 800/900 CPU line, 945 and 955 chipsets with ICH7 DH southbridge chip and Intel Pro/100 PM/PL/VE/VM network cards, indicated the sources. The new platform will be capable of Intel’s Audio Codec 5.1/5.1-channel connector with 2.1 SPDIF digital output, NCQ-enabled SATA drive and only support the Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) operating system, the sources added.
