2004年1月9日,Intel公司在美国拉斯维加斯举行的国际消费电子展上,正式公布代号为“Azalia”的下一代音频标准,并且将这一全新音频技术的命名为“高保真音频(High Definition Audio)”。作为AC‘97的接替者,HD Audio具备了众多出色的性能和技术,但是在认识HD Audio之前,我们有必要再重新回头看一下AC‘97。AC‘97以底怎么了,Intel为什么要用HD Audio来替代它?而HD Audio究竟又凭什么在下一轮标准大潮中淘汰AC‘97标准?让我们一起来看看。 January 9, 2004, Intel Corporation at the International Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, the United States officially announced the code-named “Azalia” next-generation audio standard, and the new audio technology named “high-fidelity High Definition Audio. ” As a successor to AC’97, HD Audio comes with many great features and technologies, but before we know HD Audio, we need to look back at AC’97. AC’97 what is the end, Intel why use HD Audio to replace it? And HD Audio, after all, why and in the next round of standard tide out AC’97 standard? Let us look together.