Marvell goes Snapdragon hunting, announces Armada 610 mobile processor

engadget ^ | Jan 5th 2010 12:09PM | Tim Stevens

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon is king of the mobile hill right now, but you just knew that wouldn't last long, right? Marvell is now after its throne, announcing the Armada 610. It's a "gigahertz class" mobile CPU that can not only do 1080p decoding but can handle encoding too, even able to pump pixels to four high-res (2,000 x 2,000) displays at once -- you know, just in case you have a pocket full of pico projectors. Open GL ES 2.0 is on tap, so 3D gaming should be a cinch, and while there's no specific specs given, the chip is said to need "extremely low power."

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Another processor for Mobile Devices...

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Marvell has provided more details about its Armada 600 series mobile chips. The Armada can run the ARMv7 processes, which makes it compatible with Android, Linux, and Windows Mobile devices. Armada features a 1GHz processor, and the power to push 45 million 3D triangles per second while controlling two separate displays. Marvell says the chip can be used in Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), connected portable media players, eReaders, smartphones, and new personal information appliances.

more info at Gearlog »

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The ARMADA 610 comes with support for Android, Linux, and Windows Mobile/CE-based operating systems. Marvell is targeting the ARMADA 610 to " Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), connected portable media players, eReaders, smartphones, and new personal information appliances," according to the company. 

Notice that smartphones are only a small part of the equation, as Marvell hasn't been a big player in the smartphone space recently. You're more likely to see ARMADA 610 in tablets and e-readers, we suspect.

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[martin_fierro]

I hear that Marvell treats their legal staff really poorly.

Yeah, I know, sniff, sniff.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

What’s with that?

[GOPJ]

thanks for the ping

[wastedyears]

When it gets up to operating temperature, can it cook breakfast?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well we know many of the Intel and AMD chips can.

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ARM wrestling: Apple iPad chip to overpower rivals? ( What chip for the new Apple Tablet?)

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And this thread has more :

NEWS - Marvell claims first quad-core ARM processor

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Marvell's quad-core implementation can operate at above 1-GHz clock frequency on all four cores providing high performance in those applications that can keep four cores fed with data.