The chip manufacturer claims its new Imageon 2300 GPU enables amazing 3D performance on mobile phones with little impact on power consumption.
Playing truly 3D enabled games on mobile phones could soon be a reality thanks to GPU manufacturer ATI's new Imageon 2300 multimedia and graphics family of co-processors. Introduced today, these new co-processors are the result of ATI applying its years of 3D gaming expertise to the mobile phone marketplace, and the company hasn't skimped on features.
The Imageon 2300 includes advanced 2D and 3G graphics functionality, coupled with real-time MPEG4 decoding to offer video playback at 30-fps; Video Capture ports with support for 1.3 and 2 megapixel cameras; a JPEG codec to optimize compression and decompression of images; and other features such as two display engines (primary and sub-display) and an embedded frame buffer.
Commenting on the introduction, Adam Comiskey, General Manager of THQ Wireless' EMEA department said, "Consumers will be able to enjoy a real mobile console experience on their mobile phone with the new ATI chipset. We were impressed with the capabilities of the Imageon 2300. The hardware 3D engine allowed us to use the original 2003 PC MotoGPII code, combining a high level of performance and graphics that has not been seen with a software only version."
The Imageon also offers support for the OpenGL ES rendering API - a royalty free 3D API consisting of well-defined subset profiles of OpenGL, with custom ATI extensions to further improve rendering performance. The goal, said the company, is to help content developers easily create advanced 3D games and applications on a wide variety of wireless platforms.
ATI's Imageon 2300 media co-processor is currently sampling, with mass production shipments slated for the first quarter of 2004. The company did not comment on whether any manufacturers have signed up to utilize the new chip.
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