Renesas Technology Europe
is sampling the SH-Mobile APE4, an ARM Cortex-A8 based application
processor engine running at a speed of more than 1GHz, targeted for
HSPA or LTE mobile phones.
The device has a multi-codec video processing unit which supports
1080p full HD video recording/playback at 30fps and high speed 3D
graphics rendering.
Fabricated on a 45nm low power process, processor is packaged in a
0.4mm pitch, 12mm x 12mm BGA package.
To support high speed 3D graphics rendering the device is equipped
with a PowerVR SGX 3D graphics engine, licensed from Imagination
Technologies, supporting graphic APIs such as OpenGL ES1.1/2.0 and
Open VG.
Also included are two USB 2.0 Host/Function modules (with
high-speed data transfer mode support), three SD host controllers
with support for high-speed data transfer mode and a 24-bit TFT
colour LCD controller supporting up to WXGA+ display sizes.
A PAL/NTSC encoder and an HDMI transmitter are integrated together
with a complete HDMI v1.3a & CVBS TV-Out interface.