AMD Releases Mobile Graphics Technology Feb 14, 2007
AMD Releases Mobile Graphics Technology Swiss company is first to license AMD's mobile graphics technology, for use in chips for 3G mobile phones and PDAs. Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service Tuesday, February 13, 2007 09:00 AM PST Today Advanced Micro Devices made its graphics technology available for licensing by handheld device makers, and announced plans to step up its development of graphics technology for mobile applications. AMD hopes the move will allow it to tap growing demand for mobile devices and mobile applications that require better graphics. Among the first to license AMD's mobile graphics technology is STMicroelectronics. The company has licensed graphics cores for 2D and 3D graphics, as well as related software, to combine with its family of Nomadik multimedia application processors, AMD said. The Nomadik chips are designed for use in 3G mobile phones and PDAs. AMD has its own line of mobile graphics, which it acquired when it bought ATI Technologies . Called Imageon, the chips can be found in a wide range of handsets, including Motorola's PEBL , RAZR , and ROKR handsets , as well as phones from Samsung and others. Financial terms of the licensing deal with STMicroelectronics were not disclosed. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128989-pg,1/article.html Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
