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Star Scream on 05 June 2009

Current iPhone already has 3d chip...



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famousringo on 05 June 2009
heruamon said:
famousringo said:

The current iPhone already has a 3D accelerator chip, the PowerVR MBX Lite:

With KYRO 3 (2D/3D AIB) products shelved due to STMicro closing its graphics division, PowerVR concentrated on the portable market with its next design, the low power PowerVR MBX. It, and its SGX successors, have become the de facto standards for mobile 3D, having been licensed by seven of the top ten semiconductor manufacturers including Intel, Texas Instruments, Samsung, NEC, NXP Semiconductors, Freescale, Renesas, and Sunplus, and in use in many high-end cellphones including the Apple iPhone, Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson P1, and Motorola RIZR Z8.

Cool...so I'm wondering if this is a dedicated 3-D Chip?

It's already dedicated, as far as I know. I'm no expert on mobile hardware, but it's described as a GPU, and since the iPhone's GUI is pretty graphics-intensive, I don't know what else this processor might be used for.

Apple might be planning an upgrade for the next iPhone, since the next iPhone is rumoured to include a better CPU and more RAM.

@ Keep_the_change

The current iPhone also has a GPS.



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