News AMD's New Alchemy Processor

Linux Devices have been delving into the depths of AMDs new processor for PVRs and the like, code named Alchemy:

AMD is sampling a highly integrated MIPS32-based SoC (system-on-chip) targeting portable media players (PMPs) capable of displaying content from PCs and PVRs (personal video recorders). The Alchemy Au1200 supports embedded Linux, and comes with media player software that exploits low-level hardware acceleration for multiple media formats.

According to AMD, the Alchemy Au1200 can be used to build devices that download and display content directly from PCs and from PVRs, without the time-consuming need to "transcode" the content, or convert it to any particular format. This is possible, AMD says, because the Au1200 features hardware acceleration for MPEG, DivX, H.263, and WMV9, along with an integrated graphics controller support supporting "full D1 resolution."

More (including a processor diagram) here

 

Alchemy Au1200

Gold 1200?

Alchemy implies a non-exact science too - inferior processor made using non-educated techniques? Or are they implying they have actually turned lead into gold? in 1200 trys?

Talk about stupid.

Does it include hardware acceleration for divx/xvid too?

I almost forgot - WELCOME BACK GOO

 

Dunno about xvid though.

 

With every post you get geekier and geekier bindi

 

Muahaha

Didnt see divx Woo, im blaming GOO who must have edited it or something. Seeing as divx and xvid are the same principles id guess they would.

 

- Someone beat me to it......

Anyway - Welcome back - I read the news every day and was missing it.

Thanks for all your work.
(Did you see this?)

 

Thanks for the welcome back guys. Even GOO needs a holiday from time to time, although the added spice of an earthquake and a tidal wave wasn't needed...

(I was in the Maldives at the time of the SE Asian Quake)