Hi John, Article...Intel gives glimpse of where it's headed...
infoworld.com
Intel gives sneak preview of future technologies
By Terho Uimonen
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 7:14 AM PT, May 9, 1997
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- At its Asia-Pacific Technology Forum held here earlier this week, Intel gave Asian computer industry officials a sneak peek at technologies the company said will appear in mainstream PCs within the next year.
And if the chip giant has its way, many PCs will ship not only with Intel hardware but also software. To speed up the sometimes excruciatingly slow process of launching applications, Intel has developed software that will speed up application launches by two to three times, officials said.
Intel demonstrated Version 1.0 of the Intel Application Launch Accelerator, saying it will ship in Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating systems -- including Windows NT 5.0 and Memphis, the code name of the follow-up to Windows 95. Both operating systems are expected to be released early next year.
The company also demonstrated a range of peripherals -- including cameras, keyboards, monitors, and printers -- that use the new multiperipheral universal serial bus (USB).
Microsoft is finally expected to include wider USB support in both NT 5.0 and Memphis, which should speed up acceptance among users, Intel officials said. The latest version of Windows 95 (the Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 that started shipping earlier this year), does not include USB support -- with the exception of one class driver for a USB-enabled camera.
To demonstrate new innovative uses for USB, Intel showed a Compaq PC that will be bundled with a USB camera with supports videoconferencing over standard telephone lines. Intel also demonstrated mobile videoconferencing on a MMX-enhanced Pentium notebook loaded with Version 2.0 of Video Phone, which is based on Intel's ProShare videoconferencing software.
At the forum Intel also demonstrated a software-only digital video disk (DVD) movie player that takes advantage of the high performance and enhanced multimedia capabilities of the new MMX-enhanced Pentium II processor. The software-only implementation will provide a low-cost DVD player implementation, which Intel officials said will start appearing in volume in consumer PCs by next year's first half.
Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif., can be reached at (408) 987-8080 or intel.com.
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Sorry, John I didn't see you had already posted that Microsoft article.
Regards, Michael
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