Sunday, January 8, 2012

Google TV to use Marvel's ARM based SoC now

Marvell's Armada 1500 HD Media SoC will be the new heart for Google TV consoles, replacing Intel's Atom CPU.
   "Marvell and Google have teamed up to change home entertainment forever – transforming the TV into the command center for our connected lifestyle. Marvell and Google are fundamentally changing the relationship between the producers and consumers of content – from Hollywood to Madison Avenue to publishing and major news networks – creating a dynamic, two-way experience featuring real-time global news, social network, entertainment and information," said Weili Dai, Co-founder of Marvell. "I believe this is a major breakthrough movement and it's just the beginning of our bigger vision. The same forces that are revolutionizing today's television experience will transform numerous vertical applications for small businesses and large enterprises, enhancing the way we all work, connect with each other and collaborate globally."
Following are salient features of this SoC:


  1. Hardware-accelerated, dual-stream multi-standard, video decode and audio decode
  2. Low-power
  3. Qdeo Video processing
  4. Dual CPU SMP cores running at 1.2GHz
  5. Full suite of integrated peripherals (such as USB, Ethernet, HDMI, SATA, and SDIO)
  6. Turnkey reference designs of connected applications
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