[Eug-lug] What is Viiv?

[Ben Barrett]

I remember Viiv being rumored to hint at the dual-core, tech,
since it looks like a palindrome of roman numerals :)
Well that was disspelled... my understanding is that it is
just another chipset-compliance spec, like Centrino.
Wikipedia calls it a "marketing platform", nice one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viiv
(caution, DRM-heavy language therein might make some queasy)

ben



On 2/27/07, Bob Miller <kbob at jogger-egg.com> wrote:
>
> (All this talk about white boxes and Dells has made me hungry for
> a new system!)
>
> Intel has a thing called Viiv.  From Intel's web site, I can learn
> that it'll bring me more friends, increase my confidence, and whiten
> my teeth, but I can't get any clue as to what it actually is.
>
> Can anyone tell me what Viiv *is*?  And, more importantly, is it
> something that penguins can use, or is it just for the Borg?
>
> For example, here are two nearly identical motherboards.  One
> "Supports Intel Viiv Technology" and the other doesn't.  What does
> that mean?
>
>   http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/wh/wh_available.htm
>
> Thanks...
>
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> Bob Miller                              K<bob>
>                                         kbob at jogger-egg.com
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