![]() ![]() It runs at up to 400MHz depending on the particular CE4100 model you’re looking at.įeeding all of the blocks on the CE4100 are two 32-bit DDR2/DDR3 memory controllers. The CE4100 GPU is the same PowerVR SGX 535 used in the MID/smartphone implementations of Atom. Intel has an on-die security processor that handles all of the DRM and conditional access necessary to enable popular multichannel lossless audio codecs and decode protected video content. For audio and video you’ve got HDMI, SPDIF and RCA audio outputs. There’s an integrated NAND controller for on-board solid state storage, 10/100/1000 ethernet support, 2 x 3Gbps SATA ports and 2 USB 2.0 ports. Since Atom is a general purpose x86 processor Boxee/D-Link do have the ability to decode MJPEG (or any other codecs) in software, assuming the CPU core is fast enough to handle the task.Īll the I/O you need is also supported by the CE4100. Intel integrates a Tensilica HiFi 2 DSP that can decode everything you’d want to on a set-top box: Dolby Digital 5.1, TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, MP3, AAC and WMA9.Īs some Boxee users have discovered, MJPEG isn’t supported by the video decode block. There’s a dual stream 1080p video decoder that can offload H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX and VC-1 decoding at up to 60 fps (hardware accelerated JPEG decoding is also supported). The CE4200, announced at this year’s IDF, is the next member of the family and we’ll probably see a CE5100 at IDF 2011.Īt a high level the CE4100 used in the Boxee Box pairs a 45nm Atom core (architecturally identical to what’s in Moorestown and Atom based netbooks/nettops) with a bunch of CE specific IP blocks. ![]() Intel’s goal in this space is to put out a new chip every 12 months. Intel is expecting two more CE4100 based products to ship in Europe in the near future and over the next 12 months we’ll see even more product launches. The Boxee Box and all Google TV products (Logitech Revue, Sony’s Google TV box and the four Sony TVs with integrated Google TV) all run some variant of the CE4100. Today the CE4100 is used in a decent number of devices, but not that many when you consider how many netbooks, notebooks and desktop PCs use Intel’s x86 silicon. ![]() Several months later, Google started talking about Google TV and we knew where the CE4100 would eventually find its home. The CE4100 announcement happened a year after the CE3100 and Intel was light on partner details at the time. That partnership didn’t really go anywhere, so when Intel introduced the successor to the CE3100, aptly named the CE4100, Yahoo was nowhere to be found. You’d get your normal TV viewing experience but you’d be able to pull in content from the web. The goal was to enable internet connected TVs equipped with Intel CE3100 SoCs running Yahoo powered widgets. That’s all I can think of right now.Intel first started down the path to Smart TV two years ago at IDF alongside Yahoo. “apps” including Netflix, YouTube, web browser, etc These are the features that would be nice, but not essential:ĭ/A converter (in case I want to hook it up to main system at later date via analog) shuffle selected folder and all sub-folders) Video up to at least 1080P in common formatsĪbility to shuffle playback by folder (i.e. The following formats passed-through to AV receiver via HDMI (no transcoding) :įLAC (both wav and flac hi-res, preferably up to 24/192)Ībility to view most image formats - JPG, PNG, etc Good user interface and remote, preferably with QWERTY keyboard (if not, I would like the ability to use an iPhone/iPod/android device as remote) (For music, this is my secondary system - my primary music system is stereo only). For the past few years it has been strictly used to pull media files off of my two NAS servers and other computers on my network, and to play them through my A/V system that I have set up for 5.1. Certain features have become pretty outdated (they stopped supporting this device like 7 years ago, I think, so no updates or new features for a looooong time). Originally, I used it for Netflix, YouTube, etc, in addition to using it to stream music, view photos and videos, and even browse the web. It has served me well for close to 10 years - If I’m not mistaken, I think these were released even before the first AppleTV and Roku units. It’s a stand-alone “set-top box” and digital media player. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |