Intel Corp is convinced by the research that suggests that half of all personal computers could include multimedia capability by 1996, and according to PC Week, and as part of its campaign to keep the iAPX-86 clone fabricators at bay, the company is working on a new version of the 80486 that will incorporate its Digital Video Interactive technology on chip, enabling users to tap full-motion video capabilities without additional add-in chips or boards. Intel is also developing a software version of Digital Video Interactive and working with Microsoft Corp to build support for it into Microsoft’s Audio Visual Interleave software, which Microsoft plans to announce at Comdex/Fall next month in a package called Video for Windows. Digital Video Interactive supports full-screen video with 24-bit colour, and 1,024 by 768 pixel resolution, running at 30 frames per second.
