The bulb, which is expected to come out before June, will have an embedded chip and works with a gateway box that hooks into a router.

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The new chip lets the Boxee Box deliver a wide range of applications and ensures support for 1080p content, no matter the source.

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Rumors have been circulating since at least December that the chip giant is working on its own set-top box and hopes to pair it with a "virtual cable" service that offers unbundled channels.

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