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Here is a message I found...
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The word is out that Intel has just cancelled the development of the "V3" DVI 
chip.  This is a blow to all of us who have a stake in the future of DVI as 
one of the predominent players in the MM game.

This chip was supposed to be the successor to the PB/DB silicon on the current
AM-II boards, and would have made DVI processing fast and powerful enough to 
do real time MPEG decompression, Px64, PLV X.X,,RTV X.X, as well as a whole 
host of other features missing or incomplete in the current chips.  This is 
the chip that Intel DVI proponents have been touting for the past year or two,
and the foundation of Intel's migration plans for DVI.  A lot of third-party 
developers, particularly those with plans to port DVI to other platforms (Sun,
SGI, and others) have been awaiting details on this chip.  It also figured 
into plans to develop true multimedia digital network capabilities and 
teleconferencing.

Intel will try to alleviate our concerns by telling us that they intend to 
focus on making the PB/DB silicon more powerful and capable.  My guess is that
they will try to put as bright a light as possible on this disturbing bailout.

We have observed Intel going through a not-too-subtle plan to divorce 
themselves from DVI, and return totally to their chip-building roots.  That 
would be fine, once DVI is well-established as an Industry standard for 
multimedia development and delivery.  The danger of scaling back at this point
is that DVI is NOT well-established or mature.  It still needs the kind of 
commitment and support only a company as large as Intel can provide.  There 
are a lot of competing technologies out there, and one or two of them are 
distinct competitors to DVI.  This is a bad signal and very ill-timed.

This recalls shades of RCA's (funny, same place DVI got it's start) foray into
the videodisk market with their CED videodisc system.  They pulled out in 
mid-stream to the tune of a $400M loss (or something like that).

There is probably not too much we poor developers can do to change Intel's 
mind at this point.  It wouldn't hurt to register a complaint with the powers 
to be.  I'll get some names and phone numbers, and post them later today or 
tomorrow.

This is a bleak moment for DVI!!

Note:  These are my own ideas, and do not necessarily represent those of
Southwest Research Institute.



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