AMD unveils chip for portable video players
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Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD) has developed a low-power chip that it thinks will make portable video players more compelling by reducing the time needed to transfer content to the devices. The company is expected to announce the chip at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Monday.
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AMD provides a sneak peek at how its pending quad-core chip will improve performance and save energy.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) plans to develop flash memory chips that blend the best characteristics of the two dominant flash memory architectures, the company announced.
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AMD plans to combine the functions of three chips -- the GPU (graphics processing unit ), core-logic chipset, and CPU --&#160;into one, code-named &quot;Swift,&quot; an executive said Thursday.The company, which runs second to Intel in the global microprocessor business, plans to launch Swift in the second half of 2009. It&#39;s using parts of several of its top chips to create this new device, which it calls an APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).&quot;I keep telling you that it&#39;s not all about the CPU. The CPU is important, but now there are other blocks that contribute to the experience a consumer gets in a machine,&quot; said Mario Rivas, an executive vice president at AMD, during an analyst meeting broadcast on the Internet Thursday.Several chips make a difference in PC performance, he said. Swift will carry AMD&#39;s &quot;Stars&quot; processor cores, the company&#39;s latest graphics cores, and the northbridge from Griffin, the central processor used in its newest laptop PC platform.The new chip will be AMD&#39;s second attempt at such combinations.&#160;The company has pledged to launch a chip code-named &quot;Fusion&quot; late next year or in early 2009 that integrates the CPU and the graphics processor on one chip. AMD says combining the chips in Fusion will increase performance and energy efficiency.Such work is important to the computing industry as people demand smaller, battery-dependent devices. It also saves space. The fewer chips required inside a laptop, for example, the more space a designer has to make it smaller or add other features.Swift will be made using AMD&#39;s 45-nanometer production technology, Rivas said.The company was unable to immediately provide further details of the new chip.
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The chip maker has announced a tiny drive that could help bring the power of desktop computers to handheld devices.
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AMD chips in Los Alamos lab's Roadrunner system to be augmented with the PlayStation's processing brains.
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Advanced Micro Devices plans to ratchet up the clock speed of its new Barcelona chip by year's end, as part of its effort to catch up to rival Intel in the market for quad-core server processors.
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Samsung Electronics will update its mobile processor lineup with a new chip that combines a 667MHz processor core with hardware acceleration for multimedia, including 3D graphics and video, the company said Sunday.The S3C6410 mobile processor is made using a 65-nanometer process and is designed for use in smart phones and navigation devices. To be shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, samples of the new chip will be available to device makers in May with volume shipments planned to begin during the third quarter.The S3C6410 combines a 667MHz Arm processor core with a hardware video accelerator that supports multiple video formats, including MPEG4 and H.264. The chip, which supports a variety of smart phone operating systems, including Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux, can capture and replay video using less power than would otherwise be possible, thereby extending battery life, Samsung said.The chip has also been designed to work with a variety of memory types, including DRAM and flash memory, which should give device makers more flexibility when designing future products, the chip maker said.Pricing for the S3C6410 was not disclosed.
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After months of delays, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.&#39;s latest processor, a quad-core server chip called Barcelona, is at last expected to hit the market Monday.
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Apple&#39;s splashy digital music player has emboldened Microsoft and other technology titans to move quickly to the next frontier in portable entertainment: the video iPod, so to speak.
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The chip maker wants to pipe media to your home -- and within it.
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung ElectronicsÂ has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and cellphones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world. The chips are compatible with the DVB-T/H system being used or deployed in many European countries, the DAB-IP system being used in London, Japan's ISDB-T "1-seg" system and South Korea's terrestrial DMB. Samsung said they are the first quad-system chips to be made using 65-nanometer production technology. The nanometer measurement refers to the size of the smallest feature on the chip's surface. Chip makers like Samsung are continually refining their production technology to produce chips with smaller, finer features because that helps shrink the overall size and power consumption of the units -- something that is especially important for chips used in portable electronics products. One of the two chips is a multiband RF tuner, which receives the analog broadcast signal, and the other is a channel decoder, which takes that analog signal and transforms it into a digital signal for processing. The tuner covers the VHF, UHF, and L frequency bands used for mobile digital TV in most regions. Samsung also offers a single chip containing the two pieces of silicon. Mobile digital TV is becoming increasingly popular among consumers in many countries. Almost all high-end cellphones in markets like Japan and South Korea now offer digital TV reception and the feature is being added to laptop computers and portable media devices. However, a number of different standards exist around the world making such multi-standard chips a potentially attractive option to hardware makers. Samples of the chips are already being produced and offered to system makers and mass production is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter, Samsung said.
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ADS Technologies' Instant Video To-Go hardware accelerator promises to reduce the time it takes to convert video files for use on portable devices.
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The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ operates at 2GHz and is meant for use in thin and lightweight notebook computers. It is the highest performing processor in AMD&#39;s family of low-power Mobile AMD
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Via Technologies has released a version of the open-source Xine media player that is designed to take advantage of hardware digital video acceleration capabilities in two of the company&#39;s PC chipsets, the CN400 and CLE266.
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Texas Instruments Inc  said on  Monday it had developed a chip to support cell phones with mini  projectors and another chip that would let users record  high-definition video on their phones.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and cell phones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world.