Meanwhile, Samsung is also pushing the boundaries of smartphone memory. It has shown off new 8Gb and 16Gb moviNAND embedded memory chips for use in high end handsets.
They are the first memory devices that fully support the latest e-MMC (Embedded MultiMediaCard) specs, version 4.1, from the Jedec body. These new specs add performance and efficiency by improving the responsiveness of the e-MMC device to the processor.
Over at LG, the second Korean mobile giant is turning to Nvidia to enhance its own efforts in multimedia handsets. It is to push its Optimus Android range up the value chain during the fourth quarter by using the Tegra 2 mobile processor, which will be the first to sport two 1GHz cores.
Nvidia will get to market ahead of Samsung Orion and dual-core gigahertz projects from Qualcomm, TI and others. The Tegra 2 also features an ultra-low power Nvidia GeForce GPU and its first 1080p HD mobile video processor.
LG said it would introduce “a series of fast, powerful smartphones starting in the fourth quarter of 2010 … with unprecedented power, speed and graphics capability.”
It should double the web browsing speed and boost gaming performance fivefold compared to a single-core 1GHz chip like Samsung Hummingbird or Qualcomm Snapdragon, said an LG executive.
LG also said its Optimus 7 smartphone would support the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standard and would be able to share multimedia files with any device compliant with that content sharing scheme.
DLNA is increasingly of interest to mobile operators - Vodafone included it in a recent personal hotspot launch, and it is likely to feature in the planned Verizon/Motorola TV-focused tablet.
LG said Optimus 7 would automatically display capable devices in the same Wi-Fi zone. It is not clear, however, whether this model will also be LG's first Windows Phone 7 offering as many believe.
This article originally appeared in Rethink Wireless
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