The algorithms supplied with AVK include ADPCM4E (a 4-bit adaptive differential pulse code modulation algorithm) used by the ActionMedia system, and 8-bit PCM (also used by Microsoft's
Multimedia Extensions) [1].
Several "mini-modules" will cover more detailed topics such as Instructional Design and Storyboarding, ToolBook and Databases, and Animation and
Multimedia Extensions.
The component, which is expected to be a 250Mhz MIPS Core with 128-bit
multimedia extensions, looks likely to power Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 2 games console.
Under Windows 3.0, it is ToolBook Version 1.5 and Microsoft's new
Multimedia Extensions 1.0 that are used to make templates for the LP.
But Microprocessor Report thinks AMD should give up on its own 3DNow
multimedia extensions and adopt Intel's KNI or do something more radical like adopting the more powerful Motorola Inc AltiVec instructions.
All the new computers include pre-installed operating software-- MS-DOS and Windows 3.0 with
Multimedia Extensions 1.0--plus tutorials, demos and sample applications.
As with the standardization of the QWERTY typewriter keyboard, the ultimate dominance of VHS as the VCR format of choice, and the establishment of the audio standard for compact discs, so must it be with the
multimedia extensions of CD-Audio such as CD-I.