SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 Breaks Into GHz Realm

Renesas Technology America, Inc., today announced that it is sampling the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 (SH73720), an ARM® Cortex™ A8*1 based application engine running at maximum 1GHz, targeted for next generation mobile phone and mobile device implementations. With the integration of various dedicated processing engines, the device features ultimate multimedia capabilities such as full HD 1080p video recording, playback at 30fps, and high-speed 3D graphics rendering for sophisticated 3D UIs and an advanced gaming experience. Leveraging on Renesas’ market proven Image Signal Processor (ISP) technology, the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 provides a state-of-the art 16Mpixel ISP for best visual quality while supporting full HD 1080p movie processing. Fabricated in Renesas’ optimized 45nm low power process and integrating a wealth of new and innovative power saving schemes, it exceeds the stringent power budget requirements of mobile phones.
“With broadband wireless access like UMTS/HSPA or LTE, customers can have the Internet at their fingertips wherever and whenever. Access to music, videos and games with mobile phones becomes as simple as it became on the PC a few years ago,” says Shinichi Yoshioka, General Manager of System Solution Business Unit2, System Solution Business Group, Renesas Technology Corp. “Renesas has developed the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4, as the first device of the SH-Mobile Application Engine Series, in a new class of application processors to offer an entirely new user experience on mobile computers and to solve the conflicts around creating an exciting multimedia experience within the low power budget of mobile devices.”