Intel and Yahoo Widget Channel STB based on OpenGL 2.0 technology

Category: General •

Oct 27, 2008

IDF in Taipei showed first working demo of Intel’s and Yahoo’s efforts on the Widget Channel front. On display during the keynote was a set-top-box made by GIGABYTE. This box is capable of playing back both 720p and 1080p video with its onboard H.264, VC-1 and MPEG2 hardware decoder. Its GUI is based on OpenGL ES 2.0 technology.