Imagination Technologies, has
launched the META Connected
Processor family to enable the 'Internet Everywhere' generation
of consumer electronics.
"The world is getting so connected that soon creating any chip
incorporating a processor without connectivity will seem as alien
as designing a chip today without memory or peripherals", says
Imagination CEO Hossein Yassaie, "connected devices are now truly
past the 'What If?' phase - in the future everything from the
smallest, cheapest electronic device upwards will have an IP
address and be connected to the world via the internet. The most
innovative new products being released now and in the next few
years are now all connected, and recognising this we are developing
new low power, connected processor IP cores based on our innovative
32-bit processor and communications architectures to enable an era
of ubiquitous internet connectivity."
Imagination reckons that, within five years, more than 70% of
all mainstream consumer electronics products, including TVs,
radios, cameras, printers and more will be connected to the
internet.
The new family combines Imagination's META multithreaded
processor and ENSIGMA multi-standard programmable communications
technologies, optimised for low power and high performance under
all operating conditions.
As a result of this development, these technologies will be able
to be used in lower end markets such as digital photo-frames, media
streamers/players, printers, toys and connected cameras.
IC designers will be able to utilise a state of the art embedded
32-bit processor IP platform that delivers multi-standard
connectivity, alongside a high performance Linux or RTOS based
applications environment as well as DSP-intensive algorithm
execution - in one fully integrated IP solution.
By delivering programmability both for general purpose
applications as well as communications algorithms, the META IP
cores aim to enable next generation connectivity and embedded
application platforms in consumer electronics.
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