Mo Plug Computer

[Jonathan]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/05/ ... mputer-30/

You got a stake in this one, Joe?

[quantus]

Huh, it actually has onboard storage, so maybe, but I'm not certain. I'll have to ask. With the USB port, you could just hook up an external hard drive which has about a 50/50 chance of having a Marvell chip.

It seems like it has silicon from most other groups except the Qdeo group, but that could be remedied by adding an HDMI output port. Huh, it'd be kinda awesome if it could output HD... It'd be a nice way to integrate a computer with an hdtv.

Marvell also announced the world's first quadruple core processor for applications utilizing the ARM instruction set. Based on the same CPU architecture as the Marvell ARMADA 500 and 600 processor series, Marvell's quadcore implementation can deliver gigahertz-plus processing per core and is designed for customer-specific products such as mass consumer market and high volume gaming applications.

from: http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/k ... 0106130200

[quantus]

http://www.melodika.net/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=50

WebTView, a leader in Internet-based video search and classification, content personalization, and acceleration of Over-The-Top (OTT) video streaming, today unveiled the WebTView Accelerator, powered by Marvell CPU technology. Changing Internet video experiences - the WebTView Accelerator provides seamless online HD video streaming from rich video websites, including Hulu, NBC, Fox, and YouTube, without pictures freezes or delays. The WebTView Accelerator is a key feature on the commercialized WebTVPlug(TM), which discovers, aggregates and accelerates numerous HD Internet videos seamlessly on TV. The WebTView Accelerator enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), service providers and retail chains the technology to develop and offer video streaming acceleration-enabled end-devices for the home.

"Marvell's technology enables WebTView to provide the perfect solution for OEMs, retail chains and service providers to deliver a unique value to their customers." said Eli Fux, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of WebTView. "This new breed of plug-based products can ensure the best OTT quality of experience when streaming videos from the Internet to any device in the home with no picture freezes or frustrating delays."

I don't get it. Can someone explain what this means and why my laptop or blu-ray player couldn't do the same thing?

[Jonathan]

Uh, is there a BR player which streams net content? Regardless of whether it is possible it seems unlikely to me. Rather sort of antithetical when you get right down to it.

[quantus]

My BR player has built-in support for YouTube, Pandora, Netflix and Blockbuster online. I don't have an ethernet cable hooked up to it and haven't gotten a wireless card for it yet, so I haven't exactly tested the features out...