Falanx's Mali's "console-quality" 3D on cellphones
posted February 3rd 2005 7:19AM
How many times do companies have to put out these press releases about their latest "plan" to release some
industry-shattering technology that's 3 years ahead of its time? Why not just be a little more realistic about things,
and not fall into the inevitable press hype/can't release/product languishes/turns
vaporware cycle we all know so well? Anyway,
Falanx Microsystems, who've apparently been around about a year, are promising their patent-pending Mali110 and Mali55
IP SoCs will bring high speed, "console-quality" 3D graphics and video at far faster speeds than currently available,
at half the cost, with efficient battery use. Okay, look, we're not saying it's not possible, but… well, yeah
actually we are saying console-quality graphics on a cellphone isn't gonna happen today or next week—that, and 16X FSAA
does not console-quality graphics make.
[Via MobileMag]
Wait and see I guess - power drain would be the big question for me. And the "jaggies" are killer on a small screen. Remains to see how the antialiasing and filtering perform through this architecture. Wonder how long before they find someone to give it a real-world application and put it to market...