February 10, 2010

NEC Intros 3D-Capable Chips for Mobile

NEC Electronics has announced the availability of new systems-on-chip (SoCs) in the EMMA Mobile series. EMMA Mobile/EV is capable of processing high-definition (HD) content and 3D graphics.

As part of its core business, NEC Electronics has been actively expanding its portable device lineup.

The new EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs, optimized for the portable device market including portable multimedia players and mobile tablets, integrate ARM’s high-end Cortex-A9 CPU core and a high-performance HD-capable audio-visual (A/V) engine for decoding a multitude of digital video and audio formats.

The new EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs offer the following features:

• Through a dedicated A/V engine, EMMA Mobile/EV can decode H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, VC-1 content up to full-HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) on portable devices.
• Integrates a high-performance 3D graphics core from Imagination Technologies, realizing 3D processing at 14.7 megapolygons per second and pixel-filtrate performance of 500 megapixels per second sustained under realistic operating conditions.
• Incorporate various technologies such as automatic clock control, on-chip power switch and quick recovery to reduce power consumption by up to 30 percent compared to EMMA Mobile 1.