Skype partners with Intel, plans Intel only features

Skype partners with Intel, plans Intel only features

VoIP market giants Skype are partnering with the world’s largest manufacturer of PC processors. The aim of this collaboration is to further integrate Internet communication into the fabric of everyday personal computer usage.

The companies are working on optimizing the Skype application and technology for Intel dual-core processor-based PCs. Also, they are planning to further enhance the quality of voice and video over the Internet.

However, some of these features would be limited to Intel processors only and this news would certainly disappoint a lot of AMD fans. One of the first such attempts is the availability of free, ten-way voice conference calling for up to ten people in Skype 2.0.

Skype is only enabling this new feature for users on Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology-based laptop PCs, and desktop PCs based on Intel Pentium D processors, Pentium Extreme Edition processors, and the recently introduced Intel Viiv technology.

Henry Gomez, general manager of Skype North America said in a statement on this initiative: “We want to make communicating over the Internet simple and accessible. Through our partnership with Intel we can ensure that Skype performs better than any other Internet calling application and drive widespread business and consumer adoption.”

Checkout: Skype 2.0