AMD for Breakfast
Jonathan Seckler, the outgoing product manager for the AMD64, joined us again as the kickoff speaker for Tuesday morning. We want to thank AMD for both sponsoring APCUG and for manufacturing competetively priced CPU chips and mainboards that allow us to build the projects we build and provide the technology we provide in Bowling Green.
Mr. Seckler's message this morning was that AMD wants to meet computer user's needs and even get out ahead of them, but as opposed to the competition, not to provide additional computing power when it's not needed. In otherwords, AMD's focus is only what is needed, now and in the future. The Digital Home is a catchphrase that is out there now, and it refers to the integration, real or imagined, that is supposed to happen in our homes, where TVs converge with PCs, Home Stereo merges with MP3 players, and it all is supposed to happen with wireless signals. Everyone in the industry really wants this to happen, however I'm not convinced. In the past twenty years or so, we've seen audio and video standards come and go, and differing standards are still much of the problem. Open Source standards are not exactly the darling of the industry right now.
My TVs over the years gradually sprouted VCRs and various interesting inputs and outputs, but so far there's no ethernet cable yet. Perhaps that will change, but consumers are already looking at ditching their analog TV sets in 2009 to allow them to receive the digital signal mandated by the FCC. So if we are supposed to pay more for the digital home, I think the very least we should demand is an open source backdrop so that we can mix and match components.
Once again, thanks to Jonathan Seckler and AMD for their support.
Mike Moore
Mr. Seckler's message this morning was that AMD wants to meet computer user's needs and even get out ahead of them, but as opposed to the competition, not to provide additional computing power when it's not needed. In otherwords, AMD's focus is only what is needed, now and in the future. The Digital Home is a catchphrase that is out there now, and it refers to the integration, real or imagined, that is supposed to happen in our homes, where TVs converge with PCs, Home Stereo merges with MP3 players, and it all is supposed to happen with wireless signals. Everyone in the industry really wants this to happen, however I'm not convinced. In the past twenty years or so, we've seen audio and video standards come and go, and differing standards are still much of the problem. Open Source standards are not exactly the darling of the industry right now.
My TVs over the years gradually sprouted VCRs and various interesting inputs and outputs, but so far there's no ethernet cable yet. Perhaps that will change, but consumers are already looking at ditching their analog TV sets in 2009 to allow them to receive the digital signal mandated by the FCC. So if we are supposed to pay more for the digital home, I think the very least we should demand is an open source backdrop so that we can mix and match components.
Once again, thanks to Jonathan Seckler and AMD for their support.
Mike Moore
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