Samsungs new Soc, but who's supplying the Graphics ?

[ADEX]

Funny, B3D regulars can usually find news in the most obscure sources imaginable, but Samsung licensing a GPU appears in an earnings release and it's apparently invisible. Go figure...

 

[wishiknew]

I just brought a samsung b7610 with this 6410 soc. Can't say if the 3d silicon ever gets used though.

 

[Ike Turner]

I just brought a samsung b7610 with this 6410 soc. Can't say if the 3d silicon ever gets used though.

check this out: http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000...-ii-http-i8000-modaco-com/293601/fpu-enabler/

 

[tangey]

The latest PR newsheet from IMG contains some interesting product info.
http://www.imgtec.com/Newsletters/with_imagination/issue7_10.pdf

1) Two new Sony phones, Kurare and Kanna, contain SGX, seems Sony are still developing with the TI Omap3 platform.

2) Omap4 will be in Silicon on IMG's stand at mobile world congress next week

And finally, a nice bit regarding the the samsung S5PC110. I initially put this Soc on my radar back in Feb '09, at which time google had a total of "1" hit for it.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1283065&postcount=106

Samsung announced it end of last year along with the S5PV210 as both containing SGX. IMG in the newsletter confirm that it is SGX540, which was speculated on this thread as being the most likely.

This must be the 1.2Ghz processor that Anandtech saw at CES, from post #36 above.
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=3719&p=2

 

[knux]

According to this site: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2175&view=1&c=sony_ericsson_u8___u8i_se_kanna
The cortex-A8 in the omap 3 of kanna and kurara is clocked at 720 MHz and has 1024kiB of L2 cache. AFAIK the earlier Omap3's like Satio, N900, and i8910 had only 512kiB of L2 cache. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[roninja]

Kanna and Kurana (or U5 and U8 or Vivaz and ????) are based of the newer OMAP36xx platform most likely being the 3630 whereas the older handsets such as the Satio featured OMAP3430 with the lower L2 cache. The 36xx is also a die-shrunk 45nm implementation.

 

[wishiknew]

Man what chipset is in that just announced Samsung i8520. And is no way in hell it can run out of ram with 3 gigs. I have to have that projector phone.

 

[tangey]

Well, Samsung just announced a long term strategic deal with Mali for all future Socs, so looks like after the SGX540 based Socs, they'll be no SGX stuff from samsung.

http://eetimes.eu/uk/222900321

 

[roninja]

http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=499

"The Group signed software licenses and upgrades with a number of partners including Samsung"

I would not write-off the IMG/Samsung partnership just yet!