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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc,comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: DVI questions
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Date: 15 Jan 91 13:50:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jan15.040230.26507@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes:
> From recent announcements I would assume that DVI is looking like dated
> technology even though the chips are just announced. I sort of feel
> that JPEG and MPEG hardware is going to be more widely accepted.
> 

	I wouldn't make that assumption at all.  JPEG and MPEG are proposed
standards for Still and Motion Video respectively and haven't been approved
yet (although we all know that there probably won't be any major alterations).

	Don't forget that those who have chips based on just *one* algorithm
are just going to be first, not necessarily lasting.  Those who can 
manufacture chipsets that can run *any* algorithm are going to be the ones
with the most flexibility and will last in the long run.  As far as DVI is
concerned, it is a chip that runs Microcode (in a Very Long Instruction
format, which is why it can do 1 instruction per clock cycle).  If you
want to implement different algorithms on the DVI chipset, you can.  This
is not necessarily true of, say C-Cubed chipset, which has JPEG built into
the silicon itself.

--rkl