Solutions
Mobile
There are all kinds of applications for battery-powered mobile consumer devices, and this base is likely to expand even further in the future. In recent years, the information volume and diversity of the content displayed on mobile phones and portable digital AV devices has increased explosively, and the graphical user interface that allows users to access various information and content is becoming ever more important. User-friendly graphical user interfaces that are well-designed and easy to operate have contributed significantly to the uptake of mobile consumer devices.
Example applications
Mobile phones, smartphones, digital cameras, personal media players (PMP) and mobile internet devices (MID)
The advantages of the DMP IP core
Industry standard specifications
The DMP IP core supports various industry standard graphical API specifications that have been established by the Khronos Group. It also complies with industry-standard SoC bus specifications such as OCP and AMBA.
Super low power consumption
DMP uses optimized graphics pipelines and dynamic clock gating to provide low power solutions that are suitable for portable devices where there is a need for batteries to run for a long time.
Smaller cores
SoCs for portable devices impose strict cost requirements. (SoC stands for “System on Chip.”) The DMP IP core is provided with the smallest gate size of its class available in the industry, which contributes to the development of lower cost SoCs.
Top class graphical processing performance
The DMP IP core does not just have excellent graphical processing performance, it boasts the industry’s highest level of processing performance per unit area of silicon. This delivers efficient graphical rendering at lower silicon cost.
Scalable architecture
The degree of parallelism for the graphics processing pipelines within the DMP IP core can be changed in a scalable manner. This allows the DMP IP core to flexibly support the performance requirements for a wide range of graphics systems, from low-end to high-end graphics systems.
Customization
There are various specifications required for graphics for portable devices. The DMP IP core can be customized flexibly in accordance with your demands, in terms of both software and hardware. IP core customization is supported by DMP’s industry-leading development and testing environment.
DMP IP core products
Smartphones
SMAPH-S complies with OpenGL ES 2.0 and Open CL 1.1, which are 3D graphics standards for leading embedded devices. SMAPH-S can be used for SoCs for smartphones that have seen explosive growth in recent years.
Compact digital cameras
PICA200 Lite is a small footprint and cost effective OpenGL ES 1.1 core, which allows high resolution full 3D graphical user interface on price sensitive compact digital cameras.
Personal media players
In order to enjoy music and video anywhere and at any time, personal media players need to have both an easy-to-use graphical user interface and the capability to play for a long time while running on batteries. The OpenVG 1.1 compliant SMAPH-F 2D vector graphics IP core delivers high quality graphical user interfaces that can be operated smoothly, by exploiting 2D vector graphics such as Flash. At the same time, the super low power consumption makes it possible to enjoy content for a long time.