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Plenty of modern cell phones have HD-quality screens on them, but few can manage any sort of high-definition video content at a respectable frame rate. That’s set to change with the release of the Renesas SH7370, a chip we first got wind of back in December with its promise to offer 1080p video at 30fps in a package small (and efficient) enough to be included in a handset. The first units are now shipping to manufacturers, and while the size has increased (it’s about 1cm square vs. the 6.4 x 6.5mm package previously discussed) it’s still impressively small given its functionality: 1080p H.264 video decoding and encoding along with on-chip Dolby Digital 5.1-channel output. Overkill? Maybe for now, but you might change your mind when the first head-mountable satellite speakers with subwoofer seat cushions hit retail.
Renesas’s 1080p-decoding processor coming soon to a cell phone near you originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 05 May 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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