Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has introduced the S3C6410, a mobile application processor which combines a power ARM1176 processor core, clocked at up to 667MHz, and advanced hardware blocks for multimedia processing. Owing to its rich set integration of system peripherals, the S3C6410 minimizes overall system costs and eliminates the need for costly external components.
Fabricated with the company's advanced 65nm process technology, the chip is designed for portable devices such as smartphones and personal navigation devices (PND).
By embedding a hardwired multi-format Codec (MFC) on-chip, the S3C6410 can perform video capturing in MPEG4/H.263/H.264 format and replay functions in MPEG4/H.263/H.264/VC1 format using less power, thereby giving consumers longer video playback time with a standard size battery. The MFC offers standard-definition (SD) quality video capturing and playback at 30fps, as well as supporting two-way real-time video conferencing. In addition, the embedded hardware encoder/decoder also includes TV out capability in both the NTSC and PAL formats.
The S3C6410 has a flexible and optimized interface to external memory capable of sustaining the memory bandwidths required in high-end communication services. The memory system has dual DRAM and Flash/ROM external memory ports for parallel access and the dual DRAM port can be configured to support mobile DDR or standard SDRAM simultaneously, enabling high-resolution display such as WVGA without sacrificing system performance. The Flash/ROM port supports a variety external memory storage devices such as NAND Flash (MLC and SLC), NOR-Flash, OneNAND, moviNAND and ROM, enabling equipment manufacturers to customize their devices for different market segments and application requirements.
The S3C6410 processor supports all major high level operating systems, including Windows Mobile, Linux and Symbian OS; it is expected to be available in sample quantities in May, with mass production scheduled for the third quarter of 2008.
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