ARM Mali-400 MP Technology Brings High-End Graphics Performance to All Consumer Devices
June 02 2008 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Multicore Graphics Solution Revolutionizes User Experiences With
Pioneering Scalability CAMBRIDGE, England, June 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARM ((LSE:ARM); (NASDAQ:ARMH)) today
announced the ARM(R) Mali(TM)-400 MP scalable multiprocessor
graphics solution, capable of delivering performance of up to 1G
pixels per second and enabling licensees to serve multiple product
markets with the same architecture, whilst retaining the
flexibility to choose the optimum power, performance and area
configuration for their application. The pioneering Mali-400 MP
architecture offers breakthrough scalability, also reducing costs
for developers and OEMs associated with platform fragmentation, as
no changes are required to support one to four processors.
"Architectural reuse of software and hardware components is of
increasing importance to SoC developers," said Frank Dickson,
co-founder and chief research officer, MultiMedia Intelligence.
"The scalability of the ARM Mali-400 MP GPU, from 300 million to
over 1 billion pixels per second, will enable OEMs to deliver a
wide range of market-leading products on the same underlying
architecture, reducing their total cost of ownership and maximizing
ROI." The ARM family of Mali GPUs is opening up new product markets
that will benefit from graphics acceleration, from mobile feature
phones through to 1080p-based iDTVs. Recent Mali GPU licensees in
the set-top box market mean that the consumer experience in the
home is set for a radical change. "We see an increasing need for
pixel processing of up to 1G pixels in the home as HD screens
become ubiquitous," said Ola Larsen, vice president of marketing at
TAT, an ARM Mali Developer Relations Program Partner. "The set-top
box and digital TV user interface will never be the same once
graphics acceleration such as Mali technology becomes the
standard." The Mali-400 MP solution builds on ARM's experience and
knowledge gained in the widely-adopted ARM MPCore(TM) technology,
implemented in the ARM11(TM) MPCore and Cortex(TM)-A9 MPCore
multicore processors, designed to reduce system bandwidth, optimize
performance and reduce power consumption. "The battle for
consumers' attention across all consumer electronics product
markets means that the graphics acceleration capability of these
devices is rapidly becoming a must-have feature. Consumers expect
an equally compelling user experience when accessing content from
their mobile and digital home entertainment devices," said Michael
Dimelow, director of marketing, Media Processing Division, ARM.
"The ARM Mali-400 MP graphics solution enables our customers to
bring scalable graphics processing performance to a wider range of
product markets and more economically than before." Power
consumption and area efficiency are key aspects of the Mali-400 MP
GPU design. The ability to scale performance to meet different
price points and power budgets allows the Mali-400 MP GPU to
address the widest possible market while bringing significant cost
benefits through utilizing the same single software stack across
multiple devices. The ability to capture the attention of consumers
through the display on their electronic devices, as demonstrated by
a range of high-end designs today, is driving the need for hardware
graphics acceleration in a wide range of consumer devices. The
scalable multicore graphics processing design of the Mali-400 MP
solution will help bring graphics acceleration to almost any device
with a screen. Availability The ARM Mali-400 MP GPU is available
for licensing today. For more information about the ARM Mali
graphics stack, please visit:
http://www.arm.com/products/esd/multimediagraphics_home.html. About
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digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer
entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and
storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes
32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling
software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed
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with comprehensive design services, training, support and
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