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Industry giants form home-network alliance

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Industry giants form home-network alliance

Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic have teamed up to push home networking

Four of the largest technology firms, Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic, have forged an alliance – called the HomeGrid Forum – to help them push a standard for connecting TVs and other systems together using the existing infrastructure of the home – such as electricity lines.  

Some claim the lack of such a standard has held back progress of the ‘digital home.’ It is expected that the first products using this one will be on the market in about a year.

"Powerline is the most ubiquitous technology in the world. You have powerlines to almost every house in the world," Intel's Matt Theall, president of the new HomeGrid Forum said.

"There's a huge market potentially for this type of technology. It can be embedded in DVD players, TVs, PCs, speakers — any home-entertainment device."

Apparently, the HomeGrid Forum is recruiting new members.

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Link: ZDNet

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