Google TV, Act II. Just before the CES in Las Vegas, Google unveiled the names of its new partners for its TV platform version 2.0. Unsurprisingly Logitech no longer included, who called him his first adventure of “gigantic runtime error” with $ 100 million went up in smoke.
Sony, however, is always present with the intention of launching Google TV compatible in many countries. Vizio is also the party and among the new candidates include trucks Samsung and LG, whose support is thus confirmed.
Electronic side as there is something new. Intel Atom chips are replaced by ARM SoC designed by Marvell (the Armada 1500 HD dual core 1.2 GHz can decode two 1080p streams simultaneously). A form of blow to Intel after the tablets and smartphones, is also subject to competition from ARM in a market potentially result. MediaTek should also equip its processors another wave of Google TV. Further details and product demonstrations will be given at CES next week. We must see how this time Google addresses the issue of access to programs of TV channels.
