AMD Ignites Consumer Passions With New AMD LIVE! Notebook PC, Home Cinema and Media Server
AMD LIVE! Solution Makes It Easy And Fun To Take Digital Media On The
Go, Around The Home, And To The TV Screen
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the AMD LIVE!™
notebook PC, an easy-to-use mobile media center designed to help
consumers simplify and enjoy their digital lifestyle. AMD also has
announced the AMD LIVE!™ Home Cinema and AMD
LIVE!™ Home Media Server, two new consumer
electronics platform designs, as well as additions to the AMD LIVE!™
Entertainment Suite, to further enhance digital entertainment
experiences.
Meeting the needs of today’s consumers, the
popular AMD LIVE! solution helps them access their digital media
virtually anytime, anywhere regardless of file format or device form
factor. With the latest solution additions, consumers have more ways to
enjoy entertainment throughout the home and on the go.
“The AMD LIVE! family of products and
software provides a truly unique media solution to meet a range of
consumer needs, from basic multimedia users to savvy audio visual
enthusiasts,” said Joe Menard, corporate vice
president of AMD’s Consumer Business. “With
our innovative technology, open and flexible platforms, and diverse
ecosystem of industry partners, the AMD LIVE! solution takes digital
media to an entirely new experience level.”
AMD LIVE! Notebook PC
The AMD LIVE! notebook PC powered by AMD Turion™
64 X2 dual-core mobile technology packs the same powerful media center
features as the popular AMD LIVE! desktop PC into a notebook for today’s
mobile lifestyle. Access to digital media outside the home, plus the
ability to manage content or schedule TV program recordings remotely
with the AMD LIVE!™ Entertainment Suite,
allows consumers to truly take their media with them to enjoy wherever
they go.
“Over the past months, Fujitsu Siemens
Computers has launched a number of extremely stylish and popular Digital
Home PCs and notebooks, featuring enjoyment and ease-of-use. Now we are
happy to bring a new era in the design of high-performance consumer
notebooks with the AMILO Xa 1526, a fantastic multimedia powerhouse,
based on the AMD LIVE! technology,” said
Herbert Schönebeck, vice president Consumer
at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “Consumers can
expect an unrivaled multimedia experience virtually anywhere they go
thanks to the marriage of our stylish notebook PC design with innovative
AMD technology."
AMD LIVE! Home Cinema
The AMD LIVE! Home Cinema is a state-of-the-art home entertainment
system that consolidates audio visual devices and related remote
controls into a simple, all-in-one “living
room” solution. Powered by energy-efficient
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processors, it
enables an immersive theater-quality media experience with
high-definition video, integrated 100 watt per channel surround sound
audio and Internet capability in a sleek and stylish CE form factor.
“As a leading consumer electronics
company, Westinghouse Digital understands that today’s
discerning consumer expects an outstanding entertainment experience that
is tailored to their individual lifestyle,”
said Rey Roque, Westinghouse Digital, vice president of Marketing. “We
believe that AMD’s vision for an all-in-one
home theater system will provide consumers with a complete entertainment
solution and represents a large step toward the ultimate goal of true
digital application convergence."
AMD LIVE! Home Media Server
The AMD LIVE! Home Media Server, powered by Windows Home Server
software, is a platform design enabling various OEM systems to help
consumers with multiple home PCs to easily store, share and
automatically protect their digital media. The AMD LIVE! Home Media
Server offers centralized control over functions such as secure back-up
of digital media and other critical PC files; parental controls for all
devices connected to the home network; printer sharing between multiple
PCs; and streaming stored music, videos or television programs to other
devices on the network. This platform design also enables support of
potential future services such as home security monitoring, telephony
and automated home control.
At CES, HP recently announced the HP MediaSmart Server, which
incorporates the AMD LIVE! Home Media Server platform design and
Microsoft’s new Windows Home Server software.
The HP MediaSmart Server is designed to help consumers get the most out
of their home network by connecting them with digital assets both at
home and on the go. The new system, to be offered exclusively at first
shipment with AMD 64-bit technology, enables users to access, back up,
share and enjoy digital music, home videos and photos from personal
computers or entertainment centers (Digital Media Adapter required) on a
home network, as well as access their content from Internet-connected
computers anywhere in the world.
“As people’s
digital media continues to grow exponentially, many households are
seeking a solution that will allow them to share, protect, access and
enjoy their digital media and other PC files,”
said Maureen Weber, general manager, Personal Storage Business, HP. “The
HP MediaSmart Server, powered by AMD technology, is a wonderful home
data protection and entertainment solution and will be a welcome
addition to many households.”
“Our goal with Windows Home Server is to help
families with multiple PCs simplify and enhance home computing,”
said Steven VanRoekel, senior director of Windows Server Solutions
at Microsoft. “New OEM devices featuring
Microsoft Windows Home Server and the AMD LIVE! Home Media Server design
will address the needs of digital households and offer more ways for
customers to benefit from AMD LIVE! solutions.”
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