Intel’s Developer Forum (preview), beginning September 9th, will likely include the announcement of a new Digital Home Working Group focusing on networking and interoperabilty issues. Intel hopes to gather support for a home networking initiative that combines Microsoft’s Universal Plug and Play with WiFi and 1394 wired networks. Intel’s pitch is likely to be: run embedded WiFi software on Intel processors for lower costs and easier implementation. We’ll see.
Intel’s Settop Media Center will use Tuxia Linux, a Maxtor hard drive, Sigma Designs and Focus Enhancements for graphics. Intel hopes to embed 802.11 software in its processors for “Plug and Play”.
Other media gateways that may go wireless in the following months include the Moxi Home Gateway, Panasonic’s Mediabolic, Motorola’s Media Center and Wireless Cable Modem Gateway and the Pace Di4000 Digital Cable Home Gateway with built-in DOCSIS cable modem.
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