Vivante GPU IP Selected for MPRC SoC Solution Designed for 3C Convergence
Computing Platform
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and BEIJING, Apr. 27 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Vivante Corporation announced that the Microprocessor Research and
Development Center (MPRC) of Peking University (Beijing, China) selected
Vivante 2D/3D GPU IP technology for its Single-Chip-PC SoC Platform, placing
the graphics power of OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, and OpenVG in an
affordable, 3C computer for schools.
"We chose the Vivante GPU architecture for its outstanding balance of
small die size and low power, exceptional graphics quality, and high
performance," said Professor Cheng Xu, Director of the MPRC, Peking
University. "With the Vivante graphics processor and Khronos open standards
APIs, we can provide modern graphics applications to benefit education for
both teaching and research."
"Adding multimedia capability to electronic publication enhances and
extends the reach of this growing market segment. Our flexible, scalable
architecture gives us the ability to address the needs of the 3C convergence
phenomenon in China. With Vivante our customers can offer high performance,
low power graphics in their full platform solutions with a minimum of
incremental silicon cost," said Wei-Jin Dai, President and CEO of Vivante
Corporation. "We are excited to partner with MPRC and support their
initiative in advancing education."
About Vivante Corporation
Vivante Corporation is an embedded graphics technology leader, licensing
its HD Visual Reality and Mobile Visual Reality IP to semiconductor solution
providers serving consumer markets from mobile devices to high definition
home entertainment. The Vivante ScalarMorphic(TM) architecture brings to
embedded systems PC-quality visuals, smallest area, and highest performance
per square millimeter compared to other licensable GPU cores. Vivante
delivers silicon proven, industry leading graphics conformant with the OpenGL
ES 2.0/1.1 and OpenVG API standards. The Vivante development environment is
used by a worldwide network of application developers and ecosystem partners.
Vivante is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with an R&D center in
Shanghai, China.
About the Microprocessor Research and Development Center of Peking
University
The Microprocessor Research and Development Center of Peking University
is one of the primary research centers for computer science, technology, and
microelectronics in China. It specializes in microprocessor architecture
design, system-on-chip design and verification, and embedded software, and
conducts research in compiler optimization, operating systems, simulation,
and performance evaluation. The MPRC is credited with several successful
microprocessor and SoC design achievements over the past decade.
SOURCE: Vivante Corporation
CONTACT: Ronald Langhi of Vivante Corporation, +1-888-OES20GPU,
pr@vivantecorp.com
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