Intel and Skype Announce Collaboration
Skype and Intel today announced plans for Internet-based voice and video communications. Specifically, engineers from the two companies will collaborate on optimizing Skype 2.0 for use with Intel's dual-core processor systems, including Centrino Duo (laptop) and Pentium D (desktop) PCs. Intel and Skype also hope to tighten integration with Intel's new Viiv technology.
The first tangible result of these efforts is the availability of free, ten-way voice conference calling for up to ten people in Skype 2.0 (code for version 2.0 went gold on January 5th). Previously, the limit was 5-way conferencing, and it's still that way on even a dual-core AMD system. But anyone with an Intel Centrino Duo laptop, Intel Pentium D desktop, or Pentium Extreme Edition processor should be able to take advantage of the 10-way conference-calling function.
While efforts to date have focused on audio improvement and adding the ten-way calling feature, further optimization of Skype 2.0 for video-conferencing is on the horizon for later this year. Until now Skype has run both audio and video as a single thread. The next engineering improvement specifically targeting Intel dual-core systems will be to split the video and audio into two threads, thus taking even more advantage of the architecture. Also, look for improvements to Skype on Intel-based handheld devices and an optimized app for Apple dual-core systems (though there's no announced timeline for either of these).
Copyright © 2006 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Originally appearing in PC Magazine.
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The first tangible result of these efforts is the availability of free, ten-way voice conference calling for up to ten people in Skype 2.0 (code for version 2.0 went gold on January 5th). Previously, the limit was 5-way conferencing, and it's still that way on even a dual-core AMD system. But anyone with an Intel Centrino Duo laptop, Intel Pentium D desktop, or Pentium Extreme Edition processor should be able to take advantage of the 10-way conference-calling function.
While efforts to date have focused on audio improvement and adding the ten-way calling feature, further optimization of Skype 2.0 for video-conferencing is on the horizon for later this year. Until now Skype has run both audio and video as a single thread. The next engineering improvement specifically targeting Intel dual-core systems will be to split the video and audio into two threads, thus taking even more advantage of the architecture. Also, look for improvements to Skype on Intel-based handheld devices and an optimized app for Apple dual-core systems (though there's no announced timeline for either of these).
Copyright © 2006 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Originally appearing in PC Magazine.
Bibliography for "Intel and Skype Announce Collaboration"
Davis D. Janowski "Intel and Skype Announce Collaboration". PC Magazine. February 2006. FindArticles.com. 21 Nov. 2006. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200602/ai_n16043765
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