The digital living room has a new guest.
AMD introduced its Live! brand for consumer PCs into the home, saying it will provide a better multimedia experience with a different approach than Intel’s.
The company established its Live! brand to push its 64-bit processors to media professionals in film, broadcast and music.
Now with a suite of multimedia-related software and 25GB of free online storage for music, photo and video files, which can be stored automatically, AMD has expanded its target audience to consumers.
One part of the AMD Live! Entertainment Suite is the Orb Networks service. Orb streams live or pre-recorded television programs, photos, music and movies to Web-connected devices.
AMD Live! Compress is a tool for recording television content in a compressed format AMD said can save up to ten times as many programs stored in an uncompressed format.
Another service, Network Magic, helps with the setup, management and security of a home network.
