NEC Electronics Introduces EMMA Mobile™ EV SoCs
NEC Electronics announced the availability of new system-on-chips (SoCs) in the EMMA Mobile™ series. EMMA Mobile /EV is capable of processing high-definition (HD) content and 3D graphics with very low power consumption.
The new EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs, optimized for the portable device market
including portable multi-media 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. Two versions of the
device are available: EMMA Mobile/EV1 with one embedded Cortex-A9 CPU core and
EMMA Mobile/EV2 with two embedded Cortex-A9 CPU cores.
According to Techno Systems Research 2009, the global market for portable
multimedia devices has grown to 250 million units in 2010, and is expected to
increase continuously as evidenced by the variety of portable devices recently
released to the market. In addition, embedded systems are becoming multi-functional
with high-performance and the mobile market is expected to evolve into a market
of multimedia data processors with higher performance.
As part of its core business, NEC Electronics has been actively expanding its
portable device lineup. In November 2008, the company introduced the EMMA Mobile
1 SoC as part of its well-received mobile multimedia processor product line. The
company added to the lineup of its EMMA Mobile 1 series with the EMMA Mobile 1-D
product, and also expanded collaboration with Wind River and developed a Linux-based
Software Development Kit (SDK) for the market of portable devices.
The new EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs offer the following features:
- Capable of HD format decoding in various formats
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.
- Incorporates built-in advanced interface with 3D graphics engine
The EMMA Mobile/EV2 chip integrates a high-performance POWERVR™ SGX™ 3D
graphics core from Imagination Technologies Ltd., realizing 3D processing at
14.7 megapolygons per second and pixel-filtrate performance of 500 megapixels
per second sustained under realistic operating conditions. This feature brings
advanced effects that enable more realistic and compelling images to be
created.
- Reduced power consumption when playing back multi-media data
The new products incorporate various technologies such as automatic clock
control, on-chip power-switch and quick-recovery (Note 1). Using those
features, EMMA Mobile/EV is reducing power consumption by up to 30 percent
compared to EMMA Mobile 1, thereby contributing to longer battery life.
- Supports mobile DDR and DDR2 memory
The new products support mobile DDR and DDR2 as the main memory. System
designers can choose either mobile DDR with low power consumption, or apply
DDR2 to develop non-portable devices at low cost.
NEC Electronics considers EMMA Mobile/EV as a strategic product in the field
of portable audio-visual devices and plans to market it actively.
Availability
Samples of the new EMMA Mobile/EV chips are scheduled to be available in July
2010. Mass production is scheduled for December 2010 and expected to reach one
million units per month by 2011.
More information about NEC Electronics' EMMA Mobile series can
be found at
http://www.necel.com/mobile/en/emma_mobile/index.html .
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