Broadcom has begun sampling a new multimedia processor which may allow mobile phones and portable media players to play back high definition video at up 720p/30fps.
Their BCM2727 chip is based on their new VideoCore III multimedia processor, performing at up to 144 million pixels per second. It's also supposed to be able to handle H.264 compression.
Another impressive claim is that mobile handsets could achieve five hours of HD video playback, or three hours of HD video recording, on a single charge of a standard cellphone battery.
The chip would also support the output of HD footage via an HDMI 1.3 port, for connection to a high definition TV or projector.
Getting these chips into handsets will be another matter, though, with earliest estimates for consumer phones utilising the technology as the year 2009.
(Via TG Daily)
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