IP: INTEL FOCUSES ON HYBRID APPLICATIONS (from Edupage)

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Intel is turning toward hybrid applications to bridge the gap between
today's computer network capacity and the futuristic expectation of
unlimited bandwidth.  "The myth of the Internet is that there is plenty of
bandwidth," says Intel CEO Andy Grove.  "The hybrid application is what we
will use for a long time to overcome the limits of the available
bandwidth."  Such applications involve, for instance, ways of compressing
and downloading data via telephone lines and then storing that data on a PC
hard drive for accessing later.  In addition, Intel is developing Intercast
technology, which uses the television signal's vertical blanking interval
to transmit a limited amount of digital data.  (Wall Street Journal 6 Aug
96 B12)