According to this article, AMD plans to partner with TiVo on a new chip.
The ability to connect directly to digital video recorders and transfer video content without having to transcode the file through a PC is significant, AMD said, as it reduces the time spent downloading and playing back fresh video content on a portable media player.
AMD is partnering with DVR manufacturer TiVo to support the TiVo-To-Go initiative, which enables direct transfer of programs from a Series2 TiVo DVR directly to portable media players, laptops and other portable devices.
I’m sure there will be more news on this in the near future. Maybe even at CES?
This google cache suggests that they will announce it at CES:
Here’s another article…
Here is a link to AMD that has more details on the chip itself: Alchemy
More info here….
TivoToGo Launches
Thanks to TivoBlog for letting me know that TivoToGo has now officially launched. People have been waiting patiently (and in some cases impatiently) for this ever since it was announced last year.
As with previous Tivo releases, the software for thi…