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News Release from: STMicroelectronics | Subject: STn8815 application processor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 February 2008
High-speed processor suits new handsets
The STn8815 platforms for Symbian OS/S60, Linux, Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE include all the necessary software and middleware modules.
STMicroelectronics has added multiple software platform availability and new hardware features to its STn8815 application processor The Nomadik processor is available to handset makers, allowing them to develop the next generation of mobile multimedia products with a choice of software platforms, including Symbian OS/S60, Linux, Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The STn8815 offers a range of packaging options and its ARM9 embedded microprocessor has received a boost in clock speed, up to 393MHz.
The STn8815 offers ultra-low power consumption, open platform strategy, exceptional video and audio quality, very small footprint and scalable performance for cutting-edge handheld consumer products.
The STn8815 implements a multiple-core distributed architecture together with a series of breakthroughs in video-coding efficiency and inventive algorithms, enabling smart phones, feature-rich portable multimedia devices and players, internet tablets, portable navigation devices and mobile TVs to play broadcasted media content, record images and video clips and perform bidirectional audiovisual communication with other systems in real-time.
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The STn8815 platforms for Symbian OS/S60, Linux, Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE include all the necessary software and middleware modules, together with application and peripheral drivers, taking full advantage of the STn8815's hardware resources and the chip's smart multimedia accelerators.
Additionally, the bill of materials for OEMs is also significantly reduced with the chip's smart imaging accelerator.
This allows direct interfacing with up to 5-megapixel camera modules, removing the need for an external coprocessor, providing savings in PCB space and cost.
Additional hardware enhancements of the STn8815 include increased clock speed of its ARM9 embedded processor and a wider range of package options.
The STn8815 combines the low-power multimedia performance of its smart multimedia accelerators with the ARM926EJ CPU core and a level-2 cache internal memory, which has now been boosted up to 393MHz, for general-purpose software processing and operating system support.
The range of packaging options now includes: a 12 x 12 x 1mm, 0.5-pitch BGA (ball-grid-array) package, as the best compromise between compactness and easy onboard routing; a 9 x 9 x 1mm, 0.4mm pitch BGA package, designed to fit the most space-constrained mobile designs; and a 14 x 14 x 1mm, 0.5mm-pitch package-on-package, enabling the smallest PCB footprint.
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