Skype and Intel today announced plans for Internet-based voice and video communications. Specifically, engineers from the two companies will collaborate on optimizing Skype 2.0 for use with Intel's dual-core processor systems, including Centrino Duo (laptop) and Pentium D (desktop) PCs. Intel and Skype also hope to tighten integration with Intel's new Viiv technology.
The first tangible result of these efforts is the availability of free, ten-way voice conference calling for up to ten people in Skype 2.0 (code for version 2.0 went gold on January 5th). Previously, the limit was 5-way conferencing, and it's still that way on even a dual-core AMD system. But anyone with an Intel Centrino Duo laptop, Intel Pentium D desktop, or Pentium Extreme Edition processor should be able to take advantage of the 10-way conference-calling function.
While efforts to date have focused on audio improvement and adding the ten-way calling feature, further optimization of Skype 2.0 for video-conferencing is on the horizon for later this year. Until now Skype has run both audio and video as a single thread. The next engineering improvement specifically targeting Intel dual-core systems will be to split the video and audio into two threads, thus taking even more advantage of the architecture. Also, look for improvements to Skype on Intel-based handheld devices and an optimized app for Apple dual-core systems (though there's no announced timeline for either of these).
Copyright © 2006 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Originally appearing in PC Magazine.
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