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To: Jules B. Garfunkel who wrote (4932)	4/16/1999 12:49:00 AM
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IBM's PowerPC coming to set top for TV - DATA convergence Will it be previewed at the Nat. Assoc. of Broadcasters in Vegas next week ? : news.com Integrated IBM chip may lower set-top costs By Jim Davis Staff, CNET News.com IBM is expanding its commitment to the idea of "pervasive computing" with an integrated processor for set-top boxes that could lower the cost of rolling out interactive services. IBM Microelectronics is coming out with a new chip this summer that integrates a microprocessor with functions such as video decoding that ordinarily might come on their own silicon. The chip combines an embedded PowerPC processor with an MPEG processor for decompressing audio and video signals and on-board memory. IBM will also wire it to communicate with a number of input standards, including smart cards. As a result, the cost of making digital cable or satellite set-top boxes--and the risk involved in banking on services to be carried on these boxes--drops...." This fits into our overall push of pervasive computing, from offering content production, to storage, down to distribution points [such as set-top boxes," said Nick Chakalos, marketing manager with IBM Microelectronics. "This chip squarely falls in that area." Jim K.