Intel announces 'desktrino' home PC platform | The Register

Intel announces 'desktrino' home PC platform | The Register: "Unsurprisingly, it's founded on a dual-core processors, and it's based on Windows Media Center Edition, VP and General Manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, Don MacDonald, revealed at Intel Developer Forum today.
VIIV will formally launch in Q1 2006, presumably when Intel has its 65nm dual-core 'Presler' processors on the market. The platform was fomerly known as 'East Fork'.
MacDonald didn't detail the VIIV spec - but it's likely to include the processor, chipset, connectivity, supporting software infrastructure, a mandatory remote control unit and 'maybe other things as we go forward', said MacDonald.
The Pentium D and 945 chipset have been mentioned in connection with the VIIV platform, as has Intel's 'Tekoa' Gigabit Ethernet controller. To that we'd add the 'Yonah' mobile processor and its 945M Express chipset. Likewise, the Pentium Extreme Edition/955X chipset combo."