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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Falanx Submits Mali IP Cores to Khronos OpenGL ES Conformance Process
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 -- Falanx Microsystems, Inc. the
developer of mobile graphics IP cores for System-on-Chip (SoC) semiconductor
manufacturers, today at the Game Developers Conference announced that they
have submitted their Mali(TM)55 and Mali110 IP cores to the Khronos OpenGL(R)
ES conformance process. Falanx expects both products to successfully pass the
conformance process for OpenGL ES 1.0 and OpenGL ES 1.1, making both Mali
cores officially certified to use the OpenGL logo.* The successful achievement
of OpenGL ES 1.1 certification will provide valuable assurance to SoC
manufacturers who rely on seamless integration of components with the latest
functionality to restrain costs and quicken time to market.
"We are beginning to see an explosion in demand for 2D/3D graphics and
video for mobile applications such as cell phones, PDAs and portable game
platforms, and it is crucial that these new capabilities be certified for
fast, reliable and power-efficient operation," said Borgar Ljosland, president
and CEO of Falanx. "By fully supporting the latest version of the
market-leading OpenGL ES API, Falanx expresses our determination to offer the
industry's most reliable, high-performance multimedia IP cores for the next
generation of mobile devices."
Falanx has been a staunch supporter of the Khronos OpenGL ES conformance
program, and was the first independent graphics IP provider to submit a core-
level product for testing. OpenGL ES is a royalty-free, cross-platform API for
full-function 2D and 3D graphics on embedded systems -- including handheld
devices, appliances and vehicles. It is a well-defined subset of the OpenGL
desktop API, creating a flexible and powerful low-level interface between
software and graphics acceleration. OpenGL ES 1.1 adds timely functionality to
encourage and enable the new functionality of new-generation embedded
platforms with 3D hardware acceleration, including cell phones.
"As a part of the OpenGL ES Adopter's Program, Falanx continues to show
its strong support for Khronos in our efforts to create open standard,
royalty-free APIs for all platforms and devices," said Neil Trevett, president
of the Khronos Group and chairman of the OpenGL ES Working Group. "Falanx
graphics solutions and software developers alike will benefit from the wide
availability of OpenGL ES and its ability to create and respond to the rapid
advancements in capabilities for handheld and embedded devices."
The Mali Pixel Processors
Both the Mali110 and Mali55 are single pipeline 2D/3D/Video IP rasterizer
cores that deliver 30fps encode and decode of video, the only advanced 16X
Full Scene Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) support and texture filtering for increased
bandwidth savings for high-performance multimedia devices. The Mali55 is a die
shrink of the Mali110, allowing for advanced multimedia capabilities for the
value market. Since both use only standard interfaces and retain binary
compatibility for software, the Mali110 and Mali55 do not require any
modifications to the SoC environment, thereby making the solution scalable for
different custom applications.
MaliGP -- Geometry Processing
Used as an additional processor to either the Mali110 or Mali55, the
MaliGP (geometry processor) delivers integer, floating-point and 3D graphics
in a high performance media processor hardware IP core and supports all
functionality specified in the OpenGL ES 1.1 standard. This integrated
geometry processor performs complex transform and lighting, while offloading
the main CPU in the handheld and enables rich 3D applications to run extremely
fast while consuming minimal power.
About Falanx (www.falanx.com)
Falanx Microsystems develops graphics accelerator IP cores, marketed to
semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) vendors, that deliver high quality
multimedia images without compromising performance, power consumption and
system cost. Unlike most graphics IP cores, Falanx's Mali Graphics
Core -- designed from the ground-up for mobile applications such as cell
phones, PDAs and portable game platforms -- is the only graphics IP core
offering a complete integration of 2D, 3D and video, plus software and
interoperability drivers, in an all-in-one solution. Falanx is headquartered
in Trondheim, Norway, and is privately-held. For more information about
Falanx and the Mali IP Core Family, visit www.falanx.com.
About Khronos
The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on the
creation of open standard APIs such as OpenGL ES, OpenMAX(TM), OpenML(R) and
OpenVG(TM), to enable the authoring and playback of dynamic media on a wide
variety of platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute
to the development of Khronos API specifications, are empowered to vote at
various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the
delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications through early
access to specification drafts and conformance tests.
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