Publish Date : 1/3/2005 6:16:00 PM Source : Mobile and Gadgets News ExpressNewsline.com

(Worldwide - AMD Product Release Express Technology Review - 3 Jan 2005) - AMD Introduced a New Chip Named AMD Alchemy Au1200 which is a great development in personal technology gadgets. The new System will be capable of DVD video quality (720x480) with multiple video formats. It also has Integrated Media Acceleration Engine which makes it a great product for PMP devices.

AMD Alchemy Au1200 is a a low-power system-on-chip solution designed to provide video entertainment for consumers. The Au1200 processor has been optimized for personal media players (PMP)

AMD points the ability of the Au1200 processor to connect directly to digital video recorders (DVR) and transfer video content without the need to transcode the file through a personal computer as one example of simplified user experience.

Key features of the AMD Alchemy Au1200 include:

Low-power, high-performance processor with long-term support

Very-low-power consumption: less than 400mW @ 400MHz

Integrated Media Acceleration Engine (no need for external DSP, multimedia transcoding not required)

USB2.0 Host and Device

LCD controller with overlays and blending capability

Camera interface and Internet access peripherals

Security (AES-128 data encryption/decryption in hardware)

DVD video quality (720x480) with multiple video formats

Support for DDR1 and DDR2 memories

AMD Alchemy Au1200 processor (333MHz version) is priced at $22.50