• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  Voice on a chip is not going to solve many problems. First, it would take years for new computers with the silicon to penetrate the market, much less provide Voip service providers a 100% platform for their customers. Second, is the fact that their solution only works on Intel processors. There are hundreds of different devices and platforms that Voip runs on, one of which is a phone. Third, Intel cannot take a provider and work with them in all scenarios like Gips. So Intel is slicing one piece out of a much larger pie. I suppose they are trying to sell more PC's, so they are creating sound QoS to their machines to attract a user, not a service provider. All that said, we haven't even heard anything yet. It could sound like a blow horn.

• ted on Skype Intel Partnership

  boy, this is the first time i have heard intel developing voice processing technology. has anyone seen their technology in the market today? the problem is that is is a silcon solution...what about making it available for software. gips has over 200m installation of its technology...how many does intel have for voice processing. i believe it is just a marketing ploy with anybody just trying to the the PR branding of skype.

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  Well, well, look what I found. Apparently, Intel does have their own wideband codec. I don't know if it is a standard G722.2 or a proprietary codec, but it is real. This is their announcement with Cisco at last week's Intel Developer Conf:

  http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4273

  >>"What we've done is to go a step beyond the 802.11f standards, to enhance performance and call clarity," explained Cohen. The technology uses Intel's wideband codec, to make Wi-Fi voice closer to a cellphone: "When clients and APs co-operate, it's a good foundation for tightening the loop," said Cohen.

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  Ok, after a complete in-depth analysis, I've come up with the only logical explanation for the Intel announcement. The mention of "our codec" is a direct quote from the Intel guy. The only way this could make sense, is if this were a "slip" of the tongue and Intel is in the process of buying Gips. It's the only way this statement makes sense. Period!

  Otherwise, it's either a misquote, a mistatement, or Intel is using their own codec, which would be remote.

  Good night!

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  On the other hand, I do see where Intel works with standard voice codecs. But it wouldn't make sense to me that Skype would not use Gips. Don't know. Very confusing announcement and does arouse interest in what the heck is really going on.

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  Clarification: Intel's comments on voice quality improvement regarding voip vs pstn, bandwith, etc. pertains almost completely within the function of Gips' software. Intel made it sound like they were to be given credit for all of that. To me, that is false information and really infringes on Gips' territory.

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  By "chip-level" encoding, I'm referring to the processing of audio and video signals after the incoming stream has been processed by Gips. There is a lot of encoding and decoding of the signals after they enter the chip - all silicon stuff. Intel's new multimedia chip will perform this.

  This could not be a reference to any type of audio or video codec, since Intel doesn't have any to speak of. Also, Skype will be used on many chips other than Intel, so it also would not make sense for Intel to develop sound and video processing for Skype.

  The announcement really didn't make a lot of sense. The benefits that were mentioned as far as network/voip vs pstn doesn't have a lot to do with Intel. Intel's good at making something out of nothing. It's a bunch of PR hoopla. I do think it will be good for Gips, since they will be working with Gips technology. Skype is a freaking application on an OS. What's Intel gonna do for Skype?

  Check out the new Intel processor mentioned in the article and you'll get an idea of what it does.

• MuppetMaster on Skype Intel Partnership

  Rick,

  I do not understand the point you are trying to make. As indeed Global IP Sound is the one doing the encoding. Are you saying that Intel wants to embed GIPS in the silicon, or that Skype/Intel are looking to do their own shimy with a new codec in the silicon? If the latter, a Skype partnership makes sense. If the former, the Intellectual Property is in the wrong hands, as the partnership would need to be with GIPS.

  MM

• Rick on Skype Intel Partnership

  I'm quite sure that Intel is referring to chip-level encoding, as opposed to the sound processing done by Gips. This should be very good for Gips; more so than Skype. Intel likes to develop partnerships with PR capacity, so that is probably why they made no reference to Gips. They also announced deals with Cisco and Avaya this week. My opinion fwiw.

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