Marvell has announced the latest addition to its ARMADA family of application processors, the Marvell ARMADA 618 for next generation HD-capable Smartphones. Marvell says the chip offers a CPU core with PC-class performance, integrated 1080p full-HD encode and decode, and exceptional 3D graphics, delivering a scalable and platform that is designed to fuel high-end applications, rich multimedia and gaming experience in a lightweight form factor with very low power requirements.
Marvells ARMADA 618 application processor represents a dramatic leap forward in high end, multimedia Smartphones, says Weili Dai, Marvell, General Manager of Marvell Semiconductors Consumer and Computing Business Unit. The ARMADA 600 series of application processors gives our customers a common platform solution to build multiple products and formats for the always-on consumer, scaling from Smartphones to eReaders to tablets, without compromising either the multimedia performance or the battery life.