05-18-2005, 10:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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More Intel-PowerVR Magic to Come!
"Imagination Technologies Group plc, ("Imagination Technologies"), a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), announces that Intel Corporation ("Intel") has licensed both a member of its new generation, fully programmable PowerVR graphics and video processing IP family, codenamed Eurasia, and a next generation multi-standard video codec (video encode and decoder) IP core. Intel has previously licensed PowerVR MBX family graphics and associated video and display cores."
Intel and Imagination Technologies did it with Bulverde, and they're about to do it again. Hopefully, 'Eurasia' will lead to a horde of exciting new processing capabilities for future Pocket PCs. In fact, this leads me to my next point. What processing capabilities are you hoping to see in the next-generation Pocket PCs?
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05-18-2005, 11:50 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 316
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Well, I'm pretty with current processors... all I would like to see (that could happen with this generation) is even lower power usage. On my "not a chance" wish list: integrated 2D/3D graphics acceleration (� la 2700G).
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05-19-2005, 02:01 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 53
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dedicated 3D graphics GPU!!!!
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05-19-2005, 04:52 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 437
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Do current Bulverde CPUs even have an FPU yet?
I think that would be the first on my list since that would at least let it match the 386.
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05-19-2005, 08:05 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 67
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Nvidia's Gforce 3D in a PDA that I can hold in my hand! Check out the specs! -drool!
I use my iPaq hx2410 for games, movies, and music (I don't need to take my laptop with me when I go on the road, the hx2410 is really that good!). So here are my requirements for a Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA:
4" diagonal display with a high contrast ratio. A lot of companies go cheap on the LCD to save money, and it's a huge mistake!
Whatever Intel CPU is available at the time, at the highest clock speed.
That Nvidia Gforce 3D GPU I linked to at the top of this post *drool*
CF. SDIO, WiFi, Bluetooth 1.2, USB 2.0 (host), etc.
A 2000MaH standard battery. The HP 4700 currently ships with an 1800 MaH standard battery, so a 2000MaHs should be possible.
I'd be willing to pay from $800 to $1000 USD for such a PDA -it would be worth every penny to me...
Edit: I was reading the white papers that MS published on WM5 and noticed that it includes an API for DVD decoding... 8)
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05-19-2005, 05:18 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13
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The GoForce's have max less than 2mb memory and can nly decode MPEG-4 ad 30fps among other things, they are almost the bottom of the line comapred to ATI and Intel's offerings. Currently Intel has the best 3D chip, the 2700g (a.k.a. Marathon). I hope they dont screw us over wiht this Eurasia by making it a better 3d chip and imcompatible with 2700g stuff.. Yes the GoForce a nice chip but not amazing, IMHO.
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05-25-2005, 08:50 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Simple math: 640x480 (the resolution of the screen) x2 (the number of bytes needed for 16 bit video) = 600 KB of memory and the GeForce chips have 1.2 MB of embedded memory -more than enough for the frame buffer, Z buffer, and texture storage. More RAM just equals more power consumption (since it has to be refreshed)...
MPEG decode: How many frames per second do you need for smooth video? 24 -that's all. The chip doesn't have to provide more than 30 FPS anyway since you won't notice any difference between 24FPS or 2400FPS -we're not talking about 3D gaming performance, this is just video...
As for Intel making a fast 3D GPU -I'm really biting my tongue on that one! Since when has Intel ever made any GPU that wasn't a Decelerator?!
Compatibility should be a non issue since every GPU will be processing MD3D with Windows Mobile 5.0 -as long as there is a driver for the GPU it will work. What is important is that the GPU is designed to accelerate MD3D, and the Nvidia chips are designed to do that. I don't know about Intel's 2700 GPU...
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