At the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, NVIDIA has been showing off its "breakthrough" APX 2500 applications processor which should be capable of some pretty impressive 3D user interfaces and high definition quality video on mobile devices.
The NVIDIA APX 2500 applications processor, the culmination of 800 man years of engineering, delivers:
* the industry’s first HD (720p) playback and capture capability for handheld devices,
* a new ultra-low-power GeForce core that is fully OpenGL ES 2.0 and Microsoft Direct3D Mobile compliant
* the lowest power 3D hardware solution available for acceleration of intuitive 3D user interfaces, NVIDIA nPower technology, enabling over 10 hours of high-definition video playback and up to 100 hours of audio,
* plus the connectivity and media acceleration technologies required to enable the latest Web 2.0 applications.
NVIDIA's Oscar Clark said that you can play around ten hours of HD content using the chip, though the exact playback time will depend upon what screen is hooked up to it. "Enough for a movie at a quality halfway between Blu-ray and DVD," he said.
Over the jump for some video from the show.
Here's a demo of a 3D interface running on a large screen:
And running on the prototype handset itself:
(Via Tech Digest)
