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Intel WiDi to be built into many home theater chips

Intel WiDi to be built into many home theater chips

Posted on Jan 09, 2012 by MG1

Intel's WiDi wireless display streaming may be a bit under the radar, but that might have changed today. The company has just announced that it will be collaborating with several home theater system-on-a-chip makers to start including WiDi support. The SoC companies involved are Cavium, Mstar Semiconductor, Sigma Designs, Realtek, and Wondermedia. While you probably don't recognize those companies, their hardware may power some of your connected TV, set-top box, or other home theater equipment.
It should be a great boon for WiDi, which requires the use of an adapter unless both the transmitter (usually your laptop) and the receiver (your TV or cable box) have the hardware built-in. The news ...

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