Intel to Preview Home Entertainment Gadgets

Intel Corp. today will demonstrate new gadgetry for homes, such as a souped-up digital entertainment device and a set-top box that provides video on demand over an Internet connection, an executive said.

During his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, Louis Burns, vice president and co-general manager of Intel’s desktop platforms group, plans to preview technologies that point toward the convergence of home computing and entertainment.

Burns will show a Gateway LCD TV Media Center, powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor with HyperThreading technology, that allows users to run several processor-hungry applications at once, such as recording a TV show while playing a 3-D game.

The product would be available soon from Gateway Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel said.