May 26, in Beijing, Intel introduced two products, platforms, respectively, to lock the digital home and digital enterprise. The new release seems to be the eyes of consumers is still in the concept phase of the digital home away from the real-life step closer. Intel will be the next step in China to promote digital home market, so that the future of digital home entertainment lifestyle into the real life of Chinese people? In this regard, Microsoft an exclusive interview with the editor the other day, general manager of Intel China Ltd. Lai Yi-long
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high-income families are potential users
Lai Yit Loong said that the adoption of Intel China to the home users market analysis: It is now able to reach high-income level of about 45,000,000, of which 40,000,000 have broadband access, these users are actually digital home The main potential users of the products, and China's universal access to broadband fast, next year may increase 10,000,000, which will further expand the digital home user base.
Lai Yit Loong also said that at present abroad, including in developed countries, the digital home market is still in its infancy, the level of Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai in PC applications and network access conditions are not inferior to major cities in developed countries , The digital home market and in the application of these cities will gradually mature.
to promote digital home ecosystem to be built
according to IDC5 In mid-2005 release of the consumer IT market forecast of the 10 this year, all participants in the digital home market will be more active user education to promote consumer interest in digital home from the stage As soon as possible the transition to the actual deployment of the stage. IDC expects companies associated with technology partners and non-technical partners (such as real estate developers), as well as service providers to cooperate closely to provide users with more infrastructure and solutions.
this forecast, Lai Yit Loong agreed, he said that the promotion of Intel's digital home can not be alone, a manufacturer will be able to achieve the goal, as soon as possible, Intel will establish a set of PC manufacturers, home appliance manufacturers, network service providers, content providers, as well as multi-media Real estate business, the ecosystem and promote Chinese family into the digital home. He also disclosed that Intel has begun contacts with real estate developers, a common consensus to promote digital home applications, developers are very interested in such cooperation, they believe that the use of digital home can be their own high-end real estate projects and further into a smart Home, bring more value-added. Lai Yi-long
also mentioned that now has more than a hundred members of the business of the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance, the original digital home working group) is also a key driver of the digital home, Lenovo is one of the sponsors of the organization (by Intel , Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and other enterprises to launch 17), Huawei currently also a member of the DLNA, for their digital home in China to promote the application will play a key role.
early next year, pushing the next generation of digital home platform
Lai Yit Loong also confirmed that the new Intel CEO Otellini announced that the current next-generation digital home platform will be released early next year, the news was confirmed, but the technical details of the platform products, he That it is not disclosed. The platform that is likely to import digital rights management (DRM) technology to prevent the multi-media content in the digital home wired or wireless network when the information was stolen, in order to fully protect the copyright of multimedia content provider interests.
the mainstream PC market next year into the era of dual-core
In addition to the digital home market, Lai Yit Loong also said that the Intel processors this year and next year's line of development, he said, this year, all Intel desktop processors, including for the low-end Celeron D, will be completed the transition to 64-bit, dual-core processors next year's shipments will account for Intel's desktop processor unit shipments of more than 70%, then the mainstream PC market will move towards formal dual-core Times.