Broadcom have outed a number of new chips, including a new 1080p-capable multimedia processor and an IP platform intended to add 3D graphics and multimedia capabilities to DVRs and set-top boxes. The Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV Processor is a 40nm chip that can process up to 20-megapixel images and 1-gigapixel 2D/3D graphics rendering, along with outputting Full HD 1080p via HDMI. Meanwhile the Broadcom Persona platform couples a BCM11211 comms processor and BCM11181 multimedia processor, and supports streaming content, complex GUIs and integration with the company’s various wireless and wired networking components.
The BCM2763 actually packages together the functionality of eight chips, including GPU
and graphics memory, image signal processing (ISP) and ISP memory, video processing and video memory, HDMI and USB 2.0. It also includes 128MB of LPDDR2 graphics memory, and actually uses 20 to 50-percent less power than Broadcom’s last-gen Videocore III chipset. It’s also capable of supporting image stabilization, face and smile detection and panorama modes in devices with cameras.
The BCM2763 is currently sampling to manufacturers, though you shouldn’t expect to see it show up in devices any time soon; Broadcom don’t expect shipping products to include it until 2011. No word on when the Persona platform will appear in shipping devices.