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Today is the final day of the Intel Developer Forum and as in the end of any forum/expo/conference, it’s a bit light on anything new.  Intel, being the large company it is, had something new to announce, though it seems to be just about the only thing new.  Intel decided to focus its attention to TV, both in terms of hardware and partnerships for software.

For hardware, Intel introduced it’s new CE4100 processor.  It’s a System on Chip processor and also part of the Intel Atom lineup.  The new chip will for processing of both broadcast and Internet applications.  It even has enough power to support 3D gaming.  The chip is capable of decoding two streams running at 1080p simultaneously, which is quite impressive.  Also impressive is its ability to record uncompressed 1080p video.

In terms of partnerships, Intel is teaming with Adobe, TransGaming, BBC, CBS, Cisco, and other media companies.  Intel hopes that with these partnerships devices using the new SoC Intel CE4100 new interactive features.  Adobe will be bringing Flash, and all the benefits of the platform to devices, with support for graphics and H.264 video.  TransGaming will be bringing a new service, GameTree.tv to the devices for on-demand gaming, with a variety of games available from TransGaming and and anyone else who wants to develop for the platform.  The media companies will come into play in terms of widgets that will held users find media and watch said media, or record it when it is set to air.

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