Via takes the jitters out of HD media decoding.
Via has released a media system processor that it claims creates the smoothest HD video streaming you can get on a single chip. The VX900 Media System Processor will be tied to the Nano-3000 Series processors.
Richard Brown, vice president of marketing at Via Technologies said that the whole lot will improve online HD video.
It uses the Chromotion HD 2.0 video engine, which provides hardware acceleration for H.264 codec technology.
It is said to bring smooth 1080p HD video content to life without hogging key system resources or resorting to an additional third party decoder.
It can manage Blu-ray titles with VC1 and H.264 codec support and there is acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and WMV formats.
The latest connectivity standards are supported and include dual channel support for Display Port, HDMI, DVP, VGA and LVDS/TMDS.
It supports DDR3 system memory at speeds of up to 1066MHz and is compatible with the Via Nano, Via 7 and Via Eden processor families.
In addition it offers standard Northbridge and Southbridge integration, packed into a 31mm x 31mm single chip package.
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Issue: 137 | June, 2012