Viiv Media Server

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Anyone remember Intel's Viiv? Thoughts on an Intel Viiv-powered Media Server "Cube"?



http://www.intel.com/viiv/



http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/12/29.5.shtml



http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/...04233043.shtml

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,392member
    viiv is nothing special which is why it's so forgettable. I think Apple will roll their own Media Centre based off of System on a chip designs.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    onlookeronlooker Posts: 5,252member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hmurchison


    viiv is nothing special which is why it's so forgettable. I think Apple will roll their own Media Centre based off of System on a chip designs.





    But who's making the chip? DreamBox uses PPC. I would think Apple would not go back. Especially now.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,392member
    You can cover most multimedia needs via a Broadcom BCM7411 chip that's used in Blu-Ray and HD DVD players. You still need a CPU of some sort.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    I am betting on the Sigma SMP8634, although it seems perpetually delayed. And people who are hoping for a $150 AirPort Express HD will probably be mightily disappointed
  • Reply 5 of 8
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    This thread is looking pretty prescient right now.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    eckingecking Posts: 1,588member
    I'm pretty sure viiv was a windows technology only.



    Besides it was ultimately just a flashly marketing name, anyone could make a computer that does viiv stuff they wanted to.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    jeffdmjeffdm Posts: 12,951member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ecking View Post


    I'm pretty sure viiv was a windows technology only.



    Besides it was ultimately just a flashly marketing name, anyone could make a computer that does viiv stuff they wanted to.



    It wasn't a Windows technology, but it was a marketing name applied to groups of chips that assure a certain set of minimum capabilities for media center / home theater computers.



    edit: it turns out a spammer had resurrected this thread today and I didn't notice the original date stamps. I nuked him/her and now all is well, except for this post responding to a three year old statement.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,392member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JeffDM View Post


    It wasn't a Windows technology, but it was a marketing name applied to groups of chips that assure a certain set of minimum capabilities for media center / home theater computers.



    edit: it turns out a spammer had resurrected this thread today and I didn't notice the original date stamps. I nuked him/her and now all is well, except for this post responding to a three year old statement.



    Yeah whatsup with Necrobumping spam bots? I've noticed this trend now ..hiding their porn/spam in otherwise legit threads.



    This was a blast from the past...2009 and Viiv is still as murky a marketing scheme as it was in 2006
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