14 DAY TRIAL // Renesas Technology America, Inc., announced today that it started the sampling of SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 (SH73720), a new application processor based on ARM Cortex A8, aimed at high-end handsets, which can deliver speeds of up to 1GHz. According to the company, the new solution comes with various processing engines, and includes great multimedia capabilities, including playback at 30fps, high-speed 3D graphics rendering, and full HD 1080p video recording.
The company also states that the new application engine can prove a great option when it comes to sophisticated 3D user interfaces, as well as to high-end games for mobile devices. The new SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 comes with state-of-the art 16Mpixel ISP and has been manufactured on Renesas’ optimized 45nm low power process. Moreover, the company says that the new solution comes around with a great deal of power saving schemes, so as to meet the requirements of handsets.
“With broadband wireless access like UMTS/HSPA or LTE, customers can have the Internet at their fingertips wherever and whenever. Access to music, videos and games with mobile phones becomes as simple as it became on the PC a few years ago,” says Shinichi Yoshioka, general manager of System Solution Business Unit2, System Solution Business Group, Renesas Technology Corp. “Renesas has developed the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4, as the first device of the SH-Mobile Application Engine Series, in a new class of application processors to offer an entirely new user experience on mobile computers and to solve the conflicts around creating an exciting multimedia experience within the low power budget of mobile devices.”
The new ARM Cortex A8-based SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 can operate at maximum speeds of 1GHz. Built upon Renesas’ vast experience of highly integrated SoC systems, the new solution comes as the most innovative Cortex-A8 implementation and can deliver great processing performance when dealing with next-generation applications. Moreover, it also aims at delivering the “ultimate low power consumption,” so as to enhance the user experience on mobile phones.
“For design flexibility and reduced system BOM, the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 includes a wide variety of on-chip peripheral functions and connectivity interfaces. This includes two USB 2.0 Host/Function modules (with high-speed data transfer mode support), three SD host controllers with support for high-speed data transfer mode and a 24-bit TFT color LCD controller supporting up to WXGA+ display sizes. Furthermore, a PAL/NTSC encoder and an HDMI transmitter are integrated together with a complete HDMI v1.3a & CVBS TV-Out interface,” the company stated. Additional details can be found on the company's website.