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Conroe-L, the brains behind Apple’s iTV?

soulxtc — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:43 +0000

Back in May, we mentioned the emergence of Intel roadmaps featuring the mysterious Conroe-L, a single-core processor from Intel aimed at the very lowest end of the PC market. Even though Conroe-L is based on the Conroe/Merom microarchitecture that powers the Core 2 Duo line, the budget-oriented processor will have only one core, which will make it smaller and cheaper to make (due to higher yields) than its larger dual-core brethren.

Now DailyTech has more details on Conroe-L, including the tidbit that the stripped-down design will support only one of what Intel calls the “T’s”: EMT64. Conroe-L will also support the execute disable bit (XD bit in Intel parlance, and NX bit for AMD) for security purposes. Virtualization, hyperthreading, and Speedstep are all absent.

DT also reveals that Conroe-L will be sold under the venerable Pentium and Celeron brand names. The Pentium-branded parts, which will be labeled with the E1000 sequence, will all have an 800MHz FSB and 1MB of L2 cache. The speed ratings are as follows: E1020 at 1.40GHz, E1040 at 1.60GHz, and E1060 at 1.80GHz.

There’s no word on any details for the Celeron-branded parts, other than that they’ll all have numbers in the 400 sequence. All of the Conroe-L processors will use Socket T (LGA 775), which means that the Celeron 400 series may run on a 533MHz FSB. Note that the Merom-based Celeron-M 520, a budget mobile part with comparable specs (1.6GHz, 1MB L2, 533MHz FSB) that popped onto the radar earlier this week, will supposedly sell for $134. So the budget desktop-oriented, Conroe-L-based Celeron 400 series could be even cheaper.

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Google and Apple in iTV content talks

soulxtc — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:47:47 +0000

Google is reportedly in talks with Apple about the possibility of supplying video clips for Apple’s forthcoming iTV device.

The iTV device, due to be released early next year at a price of around $299, allows users to watch video files stored on their PC on their televisions. The kit consists of a video streaming player within a “set-top box” that uses wireless technology to play streaming video on a TV.

The capabilities of the device are broadly similar to Wintel set top boxes already on the market but, as with the iPod, Apple hopes the ignite the home “convergence” entertainment market.

Talks between Google and Apple could allow iTV users access to thousands of videos submitted to Google video via a simple menu item, Newsweek reports. Other menu items would allow you to play movie trailers.

Apple broadens iTunes use with PC-to-TV device

soulxtc — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:22:41 +0000

Aiming to solidify its dominance in digital media, Apple began selling movie downloads from Disney on Tuesday and introduced a device to take music, movies and photos from PCs to the TV.

At an event in San Francisco, Apple CEO
Steve Jobs also announced upgrades across its line of iconic iPod music and video players.

“Apple basically made its claim on the living room,” said Gene Munster, an analyst at equity firm Piper Jaffrey. “The $100 million question for companies has been how to get content into the other room, simply.”

Many competitors, including Microsoft, sell devices to transfer media from the PC to TV, but “Apple has the advantage because of iTunes,” Munster says.