Google TV Proves that Intel are Serious about Android.

Tying-up the rumors of an Intel, Google, Android project today is the announcement that Google will launch Google TV on Intel hardware. While the product is not important for mobile computing fans it does prove that Android on X86 has had a lot of investment and is ready for mainstream. It’s a potentially huge win for Atom.

Google TV is probably using  the Intel CE4100 processor formerly known as Sodaville.

The CE4100 processor can deliver speeds up to 1.2GHz while offering lower power and a small footprint to help decrease system costs. It is backward compatible with the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 and features Intel® Precision View Technology, a display processing engine to support high-definition picture quality and Intel® Media Play Technology for seamless audio and video. It also supports hardware decode of up to two 1080p video streams and advanced 3-D graphics and audio standards. To provide OEMs flexibility in their product offerings, new features were added such as hardware decode for MPEG4 video that is ready for DivX* Home Theater 3.0 certification, an integrated NAND flash controller, support for both DDR2 and DDR3 memory and 512K L2 cache. The CE SoC contains a display processor, graphics processor, video display controller, transport processor, a dedicated security processor and general I/O including SATA-300 and USB 2.0. [source, Intel]

We mentioned before that Android puts a new dynamic on Intel’s Moorestown platform, the fact that they are working so closely with Google shows that it’s not just marketing talk. My prediction: Expect an Android Phone based on Moorestown to be launched at Computex in just over a weeks time.

Update: Engadget were told it is indeed the CE4100.

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