RM push the new GPU Mali-470: Things for wearable devices

ARM has announced the launch of a new energy-efficient ARM Mali-470 graphics processor (GPU). Official claimed, Mali-470 is mainly for wearable and networking equipment, which makes smart watches, home gateways and appliances, industrial control panels, medical monitors and other products for power demanding to show a better user interface. Mali-470 Open authorize immediate effect, the first equipped with this GPU device is expected to be launched by the end of 2016.

Mark Dickinson, vice president of ARM Global, said: "For such as wearable devices, smart phones and entry-networking equipment such low power requirements and implements sophisticated equipment in terms of quality, energy efficiency is particularly important in the pursuit of .Mali-470 the ultimate power, while it also has properties superior user interface to meet market demands. "

It is reported, Mali for mobile devices licensable GPU IP, has accumulated more than one billion devices using the Mali-400 series IP. Successes thanks to Mali-400, Mali-470 under the same conditions, only half of the power consumption will be able to achieve the same rich graphics performance. This cooperation will be ARM chip manufacturers to provide scalable SoC options to make them for the new low-power equipment needs, design of embedded graphics subsystem.

User interface and display screen of the mobile and networking platform for more and more about interactive and immersive experience, but the chip design team was faced with the challenge of reducing power consumption and minimizing size. Mali-470 has the advantage, compared with Mali-400 power consumption can be reduced by half, energy efficiency twice. Optimized for screen resolution of energy efficiency, single-core configuration of up to 640x640 screen resolution, multi-core configuration is up to a higher resolution. Improve the image frame rate and improve the overall immediate response capacity, reduce chip cost, chip size reduction of 10% over Mali-400.

ARM said, Mali-470 graphics processor easier to integrate and develop applications. Since the Mali-470 and Mali-400 uses the same industry-standard OpenGL ES 2.0 driver stack, so developers only need to re-optimize existing applications, but also to benefit from long-term support.