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iPhone4影像性能有多好?問Imagination就知
 

【CTIMES/SmartAuto 籃貫銘 報導】   2010年06月09日 星期三

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蘋果iPhone4昨日風光問世。除了更輕薄的工業設計外,其挑戰人類視網膜極限的螢幕更是主要賣點之一。然而,空有高解析的營幕顯示並不夠,如何在這麼高解析的畫面中提供順暢、精緻的影像,甚至是執行沒有延遲的3D遊戲才是關鍵。而對於達成這項需求,Imagination很有一套。

Imagination在3D影像方面已有長期的經驗與技術,能夠支援OpenGL等標準,同時也提供豐富的API支援,能夠對應Linux、Android、MeeGo、Palm WebOS、Symbian和微軟Microsoft等平台。
Imagination在3D影像方面已有長期的經驗與技術,能夠支援OpenGL等標準,同時也提供豐富的API支援,能夠對應Linux、Android、MeeGo、Palm WebOS、Symbian和微軟Microsoft等平台。

新的iPhone4與iPad相同,都是使用蘋果自行開發的A4處理器,這也是其進行影像處理與3D運算的主要核心。對於A4的技術架構,蘋果一直非常保密,但外界普遍猜測是使用ARM的Cortex-A8或A9多核處理器,至於影像處理器的部份則可能是ARM的Mali,或者Imagination的POWERVR繪圖處理核心。不過,蘋果在去年6月時,對Imagination的持股已大幅提升至9.5%,其目的何在,其實早已不言而喻。

對此,Imagination的PR總監David Harold表示,Imagination的POWERVR影像處理器的確被運用在iPhone4上,也就是A4核心中,但具體的型號則不方便透露。他指出,未來的智慧型手機對影像處理的需求非常龐大,下一代的手機影像性能甚至將高出目前的10倍左右,包含3D遊戲和影片等,都會成主流的手機應用。而Imagination在3D影像方面已有長期的經驗與技術,能夠支援OpenGL、OpenGL ES、OpenVG和CL等標準,同時也提供豐富的API支援,能夠對應Linux、Android、MeeGo、Palm WebOS、Symbian和微軟Microsoft等平台。

而在今日的台灣記者會上,Imagination除了展示一系列的技術應用外,也宣布推出可供嵌入式與行動裝置使用的POWERVR SGX544高性能繪圖核心。該核心為POWERVR Series5XT系列產品家族的第二個成員,可以搭載高性能四管線的單核心,或介於二至十六個核心(八至六十四管線)的多重處理器設計,並完全支援微軟Microsoft DirectX 9。

Imagination行銷副總裁Tony King-Smith表示,SGX544是以過去成功的MP多重處理器技術為基礎,並有五家授權客戶廠商。GX544還支援桌上型desktop OpenGL 2.1、OpenGL ES 1.1與2.0、OpenVG 1.1和OpenCL 1.1 Embedded Profile等標準,並通過了嚴苛的Khronos與Microsoft相容測試,可確保快速上市的業務要求,並適用於各式嵌入式與桌上型作業系統中。

Imagination Technologies為處理器IP供應商,可運用在繪圖、影像、多媒體、多執行緒的嵌入式處理器/ DSP中,以及多標準的通訊應用。目前台灣包含矽統、聯發科及瑞昱都是其授權客戶。

關鍵字: 影像處理器  3D顯示  Imagination  蘋果  David Harold  Tony King-Smith 
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seiko_SDGA001_SDGA003_epd_watches

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