metajunk » U8500 http://www.metajunk.net Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 ST-Ericsson’s U8500 platform gives your next smartphone wicked 3D powers http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000 admin It's one thing for ARM to develop a potent GPU meant to add impressive 3D capabilities to devices that were previously forced to run the likes of "Snake," but it's another thing entirely to see a platform and semiconductor company come forward and take it one step closer to the mainstream. ST-Ericsson has done just that with its U8500 platform, which is the first to integrate ARM's Mali-400 graphics processing unit into a solution that can be easily fitted into future phones. Think your iPhone 3GS GPU is mighty enough? Hop on past the break and mash play -- it'll make those fancy water reflections you're currently drooling over look downright ugly.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> It's one thing for ARM to develop a potent GPU meant to add impressive 3D capabilities to devices that were previously forced to run the likes of "Snake," but it's another thing entirely to see a platform and semiconductor company come forward and take it one step closer to the mainstream. ST-Ericsson has done just that with its U8500 platform, which is the first to integrate ARM's Mali-400 graphics processing unit into a solution that can be easily fitted into future phones. Think your iPhone 3GS GPU is mighty enough? Hop on past the break and mash play -- it'll make those fancy water reflections you're currently drooling over look downright ugly.

[Via B4Tech, thanks Chris]

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