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Make no mistake. Connected Car PC technology is here.
Developers are bringing products and applications to this rapidly
expanding segment. The fact is, people today spend an ever
increasing percentage of their time on the road, so it’s not
surprising that demand is exploding for a more productive and
entertaining mobile environment.
Connected Car PCs have already been proven in cars in the U.S.,
Europe, and Japan. By the year 1999, developers expect to have
aftermarket systems widely available, and soon after, as
standard or optional equipment in a
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Intel is the leading force behind
Connected Car PC technology.
When it comes to on-board PC technology, Intel is leading the pack.
Intel has been working with technology leaders in the automotive,
computer, consumer electronics, and communications industries to
develop Pentium® processor-based computing platforms
that load the automobile with a world of options.
As a
developer, you can count on Intel to provide the most advanced,
reliable and full-featured Connected Car PC technology. You
can look to Intel to accelerate the development of Connected Car PC
applications. Through Connected Car PC technology, Intel is
committed to helping developers put more into cars, and helping
consumers get more out of them.
Powered
by four powerful engines.
Behind the Connected Car PC are four important new technologies that
software developers and hardware OEMs can take advantage of right
now:
Intel’s MMX™ technology and the Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) are new multimedia technologies that enable PCs
to provide realistic media experiences. Pentium®
and Pentium® II processors with MMX™
technology have new instructions specifically for audio, video, and
graphical data. Quicker and faster processing of multimedia
data is also enhanced by a 32K on-chip cache, doubling the original
cache size. This reduces the number of times off-chip memory
is accessed.
The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) provides a high-speed pathway
between the PC’s graphics controller and system memory, thus
boosting overall performance. Systems lacking large amounts of
expensive video memory benefit from this pathway because it allows
the graphics controller to execute texture maps directly from system
memory. In addition, the flow of data between CPU and the
graphics controller is faster.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a new connection that allows designers
to easily connect up to 127 peripherals, controls, and other
hardware to PCs using an open and royalty-free specification.
A USB Implementers Forum contains over 250 semiconductor companies
offering developers broad industry support. With USB, fewer
problems with DMA channels, IRQs and I/O addresses are encountered.
1394 is a video-speed serial interconnect that is now an IEEE
standard. Like USB, 1394 enables plug-and-play peripheral
connectivity, provides power to peripherals helping to eliminate
each one having its own power supply, and supports isochronous data
transfers. 1394, however, takes these capabilities to speeds
required for video data transfer.
Eventually, PCs will need only USB and 1394 serial ports to handle
all I/O, dramatically simplifying life for PC users. The consumer
electronics industry is already shipping digital camcorders, digital
still image cameras, digital satellite receivers, and digital VCRs
all with 1394 interfaces. |
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