Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Sharp Microelectronics | Subject: BlueStreak
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 February 2006
MCUs integrate codec for graphics
acceleration
By incorporating an innovative codec developed by Actimagine, Sharp's SoC devices realise a fourfold increase in video decompression rates without any additional power consumption.
Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas is working with software developer Actimagine to increase video performance for its ARM7- and ARM9-based portfolio of BlueStreak microcontrollers By incorporating an innovative codec developed by Actimagine, Sharp's SoC devices realise a fourfold increase in video decompression rates without any additional power consumption
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Anticipating the growing market demand for increased media performance, Sharp Microelectronics has leveraged its IC expertise with Actimagine's software technology to deliver advanced performance solutions for video device designs.
These improvements open new possibilities for media-rich electronic devices by achieving higher video performance without switching to a higher performance processor or incr