Mark and All,
This morning Intel and Neon Inc. announced a jointly developed TV set top box for high speed data transmission over cable. The set top box is designed around an Intel processor with MMX technology. Does anyone know if these set top boxes will use a BIOS? If so, is it likely that the BIOS used will be a Phoenix/Award BIOS?
Thanks,
Jules
LAS VEGAS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Intel Corp. and Neon
Technology Inc. said on Thursday that the companies developed a
set-top box for high speed data transmission through advanced
communications systems, such as ADSL and Ethernet.
Designed around the Intel Pentium processor with MMX
technology, chipset and flash memory, the device brings the
performance and quality of desktop computing through a cable
television box, they said.
ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) enables greater
amounts of data to be transmitted through networks than
traditional telephone lines -- a function useful for high speed
Internet access, video conferencing and other multimedia uses.
All of Neon Technology's set-top products feature Web
browsing and electronic mail and will support audio and video
signals.
Neon also offers real-time Internet telephony with
still-picture transfer, automatic registration, seamless
on-line software upgrades, personalized configurations for
multiple users and content filtering functions.
Neon Technology is a provider of Internet appliances.
Intel is the world's largest chipmaker, making products
used in computing, networking and communications.
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