#HP & Commodore Deal
I was just able to get a copy of this article, from EE Times August
6th issue. It's an article about set-top-boxes … those gizmos that
go on top of your TV to connect to cable (and who knows what else in
the future). Anyway, I thought people here would find this
interesting:
"Commodore International, which earilier this year launched the
32-bit, graphics-intensive Amiga CD32 game machine, has signed a
major deal to supply HP with its high-performance graphics chip set,
EE Times has learned. HP will adopt the Amiga CD32 architecture and
employ the Amiga graphics chip set in its first-generation set-top
model.
"Jeffery Porter, director of product development of Commodore's technology
group, acknowleged that one of the terminal prototypes demonstrated at
HP's booth used Commodore's Amiga [chip] set. HP officials declined to
comment on the prototype's architecture."
"Total Solution
"Commodore's strength lies in its ability to provide, today, a total
solution for set-top vendors, including a development platform for set-top
applications, a system architecture and a graphics chip set that can
generate 35-ns pixel resolution, Porter explained. What's more important,
he said, is price. "Our CD32 game machine costs only $400, including
CD-ROM drive. Without CD-ROM, our system can fit pretty nicely into a
set-top price range.
"Commodore's custom Amiga chip set, originally designed for the company's
32-bit real-time multitasking OS computer, is composed of a pair of
graphics engines and an audio subsystem, assisted by hardware
accelerators. Using Motorola's 14-MHz 68EC020, the machine produces what
the company claims are arcade-quality videogames".
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The show they talk about in the article was the Western Cable Show.
So….comments anyone?