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To: Cavalry who wrote (1135)	9/20/1998 1:44:00 AM
From: neverenough	Respond to of 5843

iionline.com\262u0240.htm&ti=rnwk Sep. 18, 1998 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- Palm Springs, Calif. - Intel Corp. chose the occasion of its developers' forum here to trumpet an agreement with RealNetworks Inc. (Seattle) to incorporate Intel technology that supports automatic scaling of a streaming video feed into the RealVideo G2 software. RealNetworks chief executive officer Rob Glazer said the technology-sharing agreement with Microsoft Corp.-which cost Microsoft $30 million for the first "snapshot" of the RealNetworks technology and potentially $35 million more for a second peak over the next 18 months-may not include rights to the Intel Streaming Web video technology. "The Intel technology I do not believe is included under the auspices of our agreement with Microsoft," Glazer said. Intel's Streaming Web technology in part adjusts the bit rate coming in to the processor. A demonstration at IDF showed a Pentium II processor handling a 300-kbit/second bit steam and outputting 30 frames/second to the display. "We will blow right past that in years to come," said Intel senior vice president Pat Gelsinger. "One day, we will go beyond today's broadcast-quality video over the Internet." The bit stream varies with the application, and today's RealSystem requires users to select a bit-stream rate, depending on their system. The upcoming beta release of the RealSystem G2 video player will support automatic scaling and deliver "a 4x superior video steam," Glazer said. -0- Copyright 1998 CMP Media Inc.