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Intel 'Bearlake' to support HDMI, HDCP?

by The Register on 22 November 2006, 14:30

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Intel's upcoming integrated G35 chipset, part of the 'Bearlake' series, will incorporate support for HDMI and HDCP, leaked company information indicates.

A slide published by Chinese-language site HKEPC reveals the G35's integrated GPU will be capable of feeding an HDMI port, a pre-requisite for driving the latest HD TVs. The GPU mixes in the sound output generated by the audio sub-system in the chipset's South Bridge and sends pictures and sounds to the the HDMI port via a signal strength booster part.

The HDMI port circuitry will be connected to the G35's PCI Express pins. The GPU will be capable of 1080p output - or 24-bit 1,920 x 1,080.

HD content that requires the presence of HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is fed through the G35 North Bridge's integrated HDCP engine, the slide shows. ®

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Posted by Fabula - Wed 22 Nov 2006 15:23
Nice. If it can cope with HD, then it may be able to be ok in games as well.
Posted by robg1701 - Sat 25 Nov 2006 12:20
Fabula
Nice. If it can cope with HD, then it may be able to be ok in games as well.

Ahahahaahaha :mrgreen:

Being able to output an HDCP encoded video signal says nothing of its prowess. And HDMI is just DVI video signal + audio sent over a different connector, nothing new there. At the end of the day its an intel integrated graphics chipset and its gonna suck at games :(
Posted by Funkstar - Sun 26 Nov 2006 12:02
Will this mean HDMI/HDCP laptops?
Posted by john427 - Fri 15 Dec 2006 21:59
I'm actually surprised there haven't been more HDMI equipped graphics cards, and as you mention, HDMI equipped laptops. I would envisage most Media Centre type PC's having HDMI in the near future (even though it's just as easy to use a DVI-HDMI adaptor). HDCP is nothing spectacular, though. More of an annoyance than anything else.
Can HDCP be enabled on downloaded videos, etc? I know it can be enabled on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray media, but I'm not sure if HDCP or the dreaded ‘image constraint token’ can be used or enabled on downloaded stuff. Any ideas?
Posted by Augustus - Sat 30 Dec 2006 12:50
Isn't there another connector in the pipeline that's gonna kill HDMI stone dead?

Can't remeber the name of it but perhaps this is why we're not seeing too much HDMI equipped stuff.

Or it might just be the pc industry taking their usual time over embracing new standards.

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