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.