Fujitsu, Vivante to Co-Develop Embedded System LSI for Mobile Devices
November 6, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Fujitsu Ltd. and Vivante Corp. announced an agreement in principle to jointly develop a system large-scale integration (LSI) for embedded systems, such as mobile phones, mobile gaming devices and other portable devices.
The system LSI device for embedded systems will include Fujitsu 65 nanometer (nm) process technology and the Vivante 3D graphics processing unit (GPU), which is compliant with the OpenGL ES 2.0 specification and other various application program interfaces (APIs), enabling transfer of graphics software - for games developed using PCs and other various applications - for use on mobile devices.
By using the new system LSI, manufacturers of mobile phones and mobile gaming devices will be able to feature long-running 3D rendering functions.
In addition, because applications developed on PCs will be able to be shifted for use on mobile devices with fewer additional development steps, the new LSI will reduce software development processes and is anticipated to stimulate the development of applicable software.
The jointly developed system LSI device is scheduled to be available in the second half of 2008. Fujitsu will sell it as one of its application-specific standard products (ASSPs) and will offer it to Fujitsu's customer-owned tooling (COT) customers.
"Vivante's low-power graphics processor combines high performance graphics and a rich visual experience previously only available on PC platforms with the low system level power required for handheld devices. Combining next-generation graphics on Fujitsu's low-power multimedia platform enables our customers to create products that stand above the crowd in multimedia user experience," said Shigeru Fujii, corporate senior vice president and group president of the Fujitsu electronic devices business group.
Source: Fujitsu.