[Eug-lug] What is Viiv?

[Ben Barrett]

Nice guess, right up there with the prior rumors, and although it does
offer 64-bt support, it is not exclusively 64-bit... see wikipedia entry.

ben


On 2/27/07, alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Bob Miller 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
>
> My first guess would be 64-bit support.  (In Roman numerals vi=3D6 and iv=
 =3D
> 4.)  But that is just a guess.
>
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