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Article: Intel shifts its attention to home entertainmentNew chip sets aim to add features to PC
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- International Herald Tribune
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- June 19, 2004
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John Markoff and Gary Rivlin
International Herald Tribune
06-19-2004
For decades, Intel has expanded its core business by making its computer chips faster and lowering their cost.Next week, however, the company plans to shift gears; it will mute its traditional speed message and focus instead on an array of consumer-oriented features to bolster growth. On Monday, Intel is planning to announce its newest foray into the home computing market, blending performance, wireless capability and multimedia audio, video and image features into a set of chips that will be at the core of the next-generation personal computer. The new three-chip suite, which has been code-named Grantsdale, is also the ...