Intel announced a contest yesterday at IDF – challenging PC designers and manufacturers to think outside the “beige box”. The contest will award up to $1 million dollars in prizes to those that can design and build the smallest and most stylish home PCs that feature Intel’s Viiv technology platform – a.k.a. multimedia or home theater PCs featuring Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor. Submitted systems will be evaluated on style, acoustics, functionality, and features.

Hey – I’d enter this contest if I had all the supplies necessary to build a cool looking small and quiet home theater system. There’s certainly plenty of ideas in that head of mine.. at least there was earlier today.`

The grand prize winner will win $300,000 to help enable mass production of the winning system and $400,000 for co-marketing activities with Intel. The first place winner will win $300,000 to enable mass production of their winning system.

Applications must be submitted no later than January 15th, 2007 11:59PM PST and systems no later than March 2nd, 2007 11:59PM PST. The winner will be announced at the spring time IDF which will be held on March 20th – 22nd, 2007.

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