Intel launched Clear-Video to against AVIVO and PureVideo

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HKEPC posted the news on Intel to launch Intel Clear-video Technology for hardware video decoding on Intel IGP 965 chipset.
http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=611597

HKEPC said:
During Computex Taipei 2006, Intel launched the newest 965 family chipset, including the greatly improved G965 IGP. According to Richard Malinowski, Vice president of the mobility group and crop. Manager of the chipset group, Intel is now trying to change the bad image of IGP. The new G965 IGP supports for DirectX 9 and Pixel Shader 2.0, enhancing the performance. Intel ClearVideo technology, a new feature of G965, included Enhanced High-Definition Video playback, Advanced De-interlacing, ProcAmp color control, and Advanced Digital Display Support, allows user to experience the new IGP power.

Featured in hardware decoding, Intel Clear Video supports for WMV9B (iDCT/VC1), MPEG-2, H.264 etc. in hardware, user could able to real time encode MPEG-II when playing HD stream video, with a very low loading of CPU. Support up to 1080p resolution and Picture in Picture, HD video and SD video can be displayed in the same time. Advanced de-interlacing algorithms provide enhanced picture clarity for interlaced content. It may be the best solution for providing sharp and cheap HD video. In addition, the build-in ProcAmp color control settings allow user adjustment of hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast.

Intel Clear Video would support for HDMI, HPCP, and DUI. A single interface is now capable to deliver multimedia from PC to many electronic products. It is a cheap solution to HD video and further minimizes the computer size. The excellent performance of G965 would definitely lead the new age of IGP, with more silent and power save.
Look promising on a low-cost H.264 decoding hardware.
 
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Good news to hear that Intel is raising the bar on their IGP performance and featureset, particularly in terms of video decoding/post-processing in preparation for Vista -- this additional capability will likely be greatly appreciated in entry-level laptops, although perhaps to the chagrin of ATI and nVIDIA.

The emphasis in the materials released so far on HD MPEG2 decoding performance, suggests that while the part can decode SD H.264 streams, its HD H.264 performance may be somewhat lacking, else it would have been trumpeted more prominantly given the codec's growing importance. HD H.264 streams are significantly more computationally complex to decode than HD MPEG2 streams.

Still, the eventual benchmarks should be interesting to see how it stacks up to PureVideo and AVIVO.
 
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