CompuServe Thread

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". ————————– The show they talk about in the article was the Western Cable Show. So….comments anyone?