nVidia's GoForce 6100: no, it's not another iPhone clone

Yup, just another touch-screen media phone up there which have are poppin' dime-a-dozen since you know what. Ok, it's just a rendering from Quanta (yeah, that Quanta); no worries, it's only meant to demonstrate nVidia's GoForce 6100 multimedia applications processor -- the company's first. That's right, nVidia just unleashed their new silicon slab pumping a dedicated 250MHz ARM processor are its core with hardwired acceleration for processing-intensive multimedia and security (read: DRM) functions. It's capable of delivering H.264 and WMV9/VC-1 video at up to VGA resolution and 30fps. Hell, it even integrates 802.11b/g WiFi with WPA2 security and QoS, and supports USB 2.0 hosting and camera sensors up to 8 megapixels. Best of all, it's said to do all this while consuming less than half the power of "any applications processor available on the market today." NVIDIA is demonstrating a prototype at 3GSM running Chronos' OpenKODE 1.0 (think DirectX for handhelds) for rich, 3D widgety goodness. Expect the new proc to show up in a wide variety of portable electronic devices in 2007/2008. Oh, and peep the OpenKODE interface after the break.

Read -- NVIDIA
Read -- Khronos OpenKODE

[varun @ Feb 13th 2007 10:07AM]

That interface leaves a lot to be desired.

[Steven @ Feb 13th 2007 10:24AM]

"no, it's not another iPhone clone"

You're right, it's a Front Row interface clone.

[Meltz; @ Feb 13th 2007 2:17PM]

my thoughts exactly

[Gil @ Feb 13th 2007 10:36AM]

Excuse me but unless I'm mistaken this thing is a proof of concept so your remarks on the interface are retarded.

They could just as well have put dancing hamsters for an interface.

[Ignacio @ Feb 13th 2007 11:10AM]

"Excuse me but unless I'm mistaken this thing is a proof of concept so your remarks on the interface are retarded.

They could just as well have put dancing hamsters for an interface."

The proof of concept interface in the first screenshot *is* a clone, nobody said anything about the final interface. And if they'd put dancing hamsters in that screenshot, it *would* have been ok to say it was a "dancing hamsters" clone.

Anyway, you are missing the point of the post you replied to... :)

[Andy @ Feb 13th 2007 10:54AM]

Betcha that nVidia chip is also in the you-know-what too...

[NateWright @ Feb 13th 2007 11:11AM]

The screen on the rendering looks exactly like Front Row (on the Mac), but with different icons. Gahr!

[Ellianth @ Feb 13th 2007 12:51PM]

So in other words...

It has a black to lighter black gradient for a background?

[JC @ Feb 13th 2007 11:47AM]

I think it's time Engadget got a tagline:

Engadget: Where everything is a iClone.

[Craig @ Feb 13th 2007 12:04PM]

Since when is every consumer device that is DAP sized and has a giant screen an iPhone clone? Apple clearly was not the first to conceive of such a design trait. In fact, all of these "iPhone Clones" were most likely at the end of their respective design phases when the iPhone was announced. Engadget, you need to get a new tagline.

[cmonkey @ Feb 13th 2007 12:08PM]

Finally, a decent graphics chip for handhelds. If the old Intel 2700G was capable of stuff like http://www.aspyr.com/product/screenshots/62 and http://www.pocketgamer.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5280 , just imagine what this can do.

By the way, both of those games used OpenGL ES, which is what OpenKODE is based on.

[tom_squick @ Feb 13th 2007 12:09PM]

huh?

[Ignacio @ Feb 13th 2007 3:46PM]

"So in other words...

It has a black to lighter black gradient for a background?"

Really, that's *all* you see in common? Are we talking about the same screenshot? (the first one)

Seriously,
http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/25/apples-front-row-hacked-for-the-mac-mini/

[srw985 @ Feb 13th 2007 1:11PM]

is that just me or does it have apples, nvidias, and intels stocks at the bottom

[Meltz; @ Feb 13th 2007 2:18PM]

thats hilarious. Nvidia's is the only one that went up, too

[mike @ Feb 13th 2007 2:19PM]

You're right, it's a Front Row interface clone.

--

Damn right.. and they messed it up.
I gotta say, the vast majority of PC users have no idea what Front Row is, but it wouldn't be the first time.

You guys will recognize this screen pretty soon, AppleTV comes out in a few weeks