rjj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (rjj) (05/25/90)
I recently heard mention of a new video technology called 'DVI' Digital Video Interactive. I think that IBM and Intel may be involved but I'm not sure. If anyone has any information that they could share, I would apprecitate hearing about it. Rich Jaenson Dept. of Mathematics Cornell University rjj@mssun7.msi.cornell.edu
ksakotai@hawk.ulowell.edu (Krishnan "krish" Sakotai) (05/29/90)
In article <10318@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> rjj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (rjj) writes: >I recently heard mention of a new video technology called >'DVI' Digital Video Interactive. I think that IBM and >Intel may be involved but I'm not sure. If anyone has >any information that they could share, I would apprecitate >hearing about it. > DVI as a technology has been in the works for over 2 years at the RCA laboratories in Princeton, NJ. The operations at RCA labs were bought by Intel about an year back. The essence of DVI lies in the ability to compress multimedia information( live video, sound, text, 3D graphics etc) together and store them in a logical sequence onto a high capacity storage device like CD-ROM. However, the beauty of DVI lies in real-time decompression of the compressed data for playback. IBM and Intel are indeed working together to bring DVI capability to the PS/2 machine. DVI technology should be commercially available soon in the form of board sets, that are "pluggable" into the PS/2 and PC/AT machines. For more info on DVI you might want to refer to the following : 1) Communications of ACM, SIGGRAPH '89 special issue. 2) DIGITAL VIDEO IN A PC ENVIRONMENT by A.C.Luther.(I do not recall the name of the publishers).