Panasonic takes a new step in the Smart TV revolution

Panasonic ha desarrollado la nueva unidad central de procesamiento Cortex A9 Dual Core 1.4 GHz para su gama de Smart TVs que permite a los usuarios visualizar dos canales de emisión HDTV de forma simultánea, además de contenido basado en Internet y aplicaciones interactivas.

Este mismo mes se empezarán a entregar muestras del nuevo chip Cortex A9 Dual Core 1.4 GHz desarrollado por Panasonic. Se espera que inicie el camino a una nueva generación de Smart TVs que también reducen el consumo y el número de componentes que son necesarios para fabricar estas televisiones.

To improve operation and user interface, Smart TVs need powerful processing software capabilities as they need to support various Internet applications. Achieving these improvements required a system-on-chip that incorporates a high-quality A/V processor and a powerful central processing unit housed on a single chip.

In addition to allowing the viewing of two broadcast channels simultaneously, the new televisions will include online content services such as Netflix and Pandora, as well as other applications for Smart TVs. Although some TV manufacturers are already offering hybrid devices, the market is still quite immature and many vendors want to improve the user experience.

The new LSI adopts a new architecture that includes the Panasonic Uniphier processor, an advance that ensures the processing of visual and audio content and a high-speed dual central processing unit for multiple uses for Network applications. It will also adopt a dual core 1.4 GHz central processing unit (ARM Cortex. A9TM Dual).

With the integration of a 3D graphic circuit and an audio and video codec, the new LSI system has all the necessary functions on a single chip for Smart TVs. El resultado es que ofrece imagines que combinan gráficos y video. El nuevo chip reduce el consumo en aproximadamente un 40%.

La arquitectura del procesador permite funcionamiento simultáneo del procesamiento de señal de la televisión en paralelo y en tiempo real. It includes a dual-core central processing unit and high-capacity cache memory, as well as operation at a 1.4GHz clock frequency.