Sigma Designs announces direct XMBC support for wild next-gen streamers

XBMC might be most famous for spawning Boxee , but the original project is still going strong — and it just got a big boost from Sigma Design, which will support it directly on its new TV streamer SoCs. Sigma chips are already used in streamers like the Popcorn Hour and WDTV Live , so we’d expect to see similar products make use of XBMC directly in the future — just another sign that the connected TV space is growing by leaps and bounds. Sigma’s demoing its XBMC port here at CES, we’ll let you know when we go check it out. PR after the break [Thanks, Chris] Continue reading Sigma Designs announces direct XMBC support for wild next-gen streamers Sigma Designs announces direct XMBC support for wild next-gen streamers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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