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Sony Ericsson chooses new chip for future smartphones

7 February 2005 by axxxr
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• Ericsson R380
• Ericsson R520
• Ericsson R600
• Ericsson T29s
• Ericsson T39
• Ericsson T60d
• Sony Xperia A
• Sony Xperia Acro S
• Sony Xperia Advance
• Sony Xperia C
• Sony Xperia E
• Sony Xperia E Dual
• Sony Xperia E1
• Sony Xperia E1 Dual
• Sony Xperia Ion LT28at
• Sony Xperia J
• Sony Xperia L
• Sony Xperia M2
• Sony Xperia Miro
• Sony Xperia Neo L
• Sony Xperia P
• Sony Xperia S
• Sony Xperia SL
• Sony Xperia Sola
• Sony Xperia SP
• Sony Xperia SX
• Sony Xperia T
• Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
• Sony Xperia Tipo
• Sony Xperia Tipo Dual
• Sony Xperia TL
• Sony Xperia TX
• Sony Xperia U
• Sony Xperia V
• Sony Xperia VL
• Sony Xperia Z
• Sony Xperia Z Ultra
• Sony Xperia Z1
• Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
• Sony Xperia Z2
• Sony Xperia ZL
• Sony Xperia ZQ
• Sony Xperia ZR
Philips has introduced a new version of their mobile processor chip they call the Nexperia;Sonyericsson has used nexperia generation chips in the P800/P900/P910 smartphones.
Royal Philips Electronics today announced the release of an advanced Nexperia™ Mobile Multimedia Processor PNX4008, targeted at the rapidly growing market for smartphones. The Nexperia processor provides sophisticated video, graphics, imaging, audio and security functions for feature-rich mobile handsets, enabling a wide range of applications for the Connected Consumer. Sony Ericsson, who already deployed previous Nexperia generations in its very successful P800/P900/P910 smartphone family using Symbian OS and UIQ user interface, has selected the PNX4008 for future of Symbian OS phones products.

The PNX4008 is based on an ARM9® processor accelerated by dedicated, tightly integrated engines providing high-end multimedia functions for excellent power consumption and overall system performance. The video and imaging system from Philips delivers full frame rate video for record/playback and video telephony, an enhanced music/audio system from CEVA, extreme gaming using an advanced PowerVR 3D graphics engine from ARM and Imagination Technologies, and a complex security subsystem from Discretix.

"By introducing the Nexperia Mobile Multimedia Processor to the market, we enable leading-edge multimedia features for smartphones," said Gert-Jan Kaat, senior vice president and general manager business unit Mobile Communications, Philips Semiconductors. "By deploying the PNX4008, a handset can become truly convergent, acting as a PDA, digital camera, camcorder, gaming console and MP3-player, with minimal power consumption."  www.semiconductors.philips.com.

 





Comments
On 10 Jun 13:19 Shahid wrote
Nice one.Good and informative article for the next mobile generation

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