Platform for smartphones ST-Ericsson U8500: PlayStation graphics, PlayStation controller!
ST-Ericsson U8500 is not just a platform for smartphones. You can connect a PlayStation 3 controller to it to manage 3D games.
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For the first time, the mobile platform ST-Ericsson U8500, designed for use in Hi-End smartphones, was announced last year. It is based on the dual-core central processor ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore SMP with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz and the graphic processor ARM Mali-400.
In the halls of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​one could see a person with a PS3 controller in his hands attached to the ST-Ericsson U8500 platform, and playing a game with frankly amazing graphics for a mobile device.
ST-Ericsson U8500 will work on Android and Symbian. In addition, the platform supports three-dimensional graphics and 1080p HD video, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and FM radio. It is possible to place a photo camera up to 20 megapixel, HD camcorders, multi-channel audio, but we are now impressed only by the ability of the ST-Ericsson U8500 to work with high quality graphics.
Of course, phone manufacturers really shove the ST-Ericsson U8500 into their phones. It seems that the platform has good prospects. It is also likely that some of the devices will be completed with modified Sony gamepads.
Watch the video to see the capabilities of the platform.
With all this, manufacturers promise decent energy efficiency. Up to 120 hours in the "audio" mode, and up to 12 hours in the "video" mode, when using a 1000 mAh battery.