Renesas Mobile to Demo POWERVR-based Mobile Application Processor

Renesas Mobile Corp. will exhibit what it claims to be the industry’s first mobile application processor system-on-chip (SoC), the SH-Mobile APE5R, featuring Imagination Technologies’ POWERVR SGX MP (multi-processor) graphics at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011. The SH-Mobile APE5R delivers more than five times the graphics performance of current generation devices, together with multi-core computing and high-end multimedia for advanced smartphones and mobile internet devices (MIDs).

Renesas Mobile has debuted a new mobile application processor, the SH-Mobile APE5R, setting a new landmark for the wireless industry by combining a high-performance, low-power, dual-core implementation of the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore running at 1.2GHz, with the industry’s first implementation of Imagination Technologies’ multi-core POWERVR Series 5XT MP graphics technology. In addition to the advanced computing performance, the SH-Mobile APE5R delivers impressive levels of mobile and embedded graphics performance, over five times that of current generation devices. Achieving a new level of graphics compute density with significantly enhanced performance per square millimetre (mm2) and per milliwatt (mW), this marks a breakthrough in mobile computing, removing the last performance barriers for smartphone and MID manufacturers to develop future-proof devices with console-class gaming capabilities and stunning user interfaces.

The SH-Mobile APE5R combines the ultimate performance of the multi-core computing ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore and multi-core graphics of the POWERVR SGX MP with rich multimedia features of the market-leading Renesas Mobile application processor series, renowned in the wireless industry. A programmable yet ultimate low power video processing sub-system enabling today’s most advanced mobile video experiences through H.264 High Definition (1080p/60fps) video format support (encode and decode) and HD 1080p stereoscopic 3D (S3D) video and a dedicated audio subsystem for extended music playback.

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