Rise Demonstrates the First AA Battery Powered X86 Microprocessor Core
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In the Microprocessor Forum
(MPF), Rise Technology Company (Rise) today demonstrated the ultra low power
feature of Rise's iDragon mP6 processor core. As the industry's lowest power
consuming and best multimedia performing X86 processor core, Rise iDragon mP6
processor can playback VCD movie titles with only a single off-the-shelf AA
battery. This demonstration showed the potential of the Rise iDragon mP6
processor core for future multimedia-enriched handheld appliances.
Powered by a single AA battery, the iDragon mP6 processor with its
superior three-scalar multimedia architecture played back entire VCD movies or
MP3 music for many hours. In the demonstration, the voltage of the battery
started from 1.5V and was down to 1.1V at the end. This shows that mP6 can
dynamically operate effectively in a wide range of voltages.
"Traditionally the battery-powered handheld appliances, like PDAs and
mobile phones, are based on RISC microprocessors, which normally consume only
a few hundred mini-watts while the traditional X86 microprocessors consume
more than ten times of that figure." said Mr. David T. Lin, CEO of Rise
Technology Company. "However, Rise iDragon processor core has deployed the
smart power saving features embedded inside its super-scalar architecture.
These power saving features will enable the Rise iDragon mP6 processor core to
reach a power consumption level, not only lower than traditional X86
microprocessors but also comparable to RISC microprocessors. With the
combination of low power consumption, superior multimedia performance, and
vastly available x86-based multimedia software, Rise iDragon mP6 processor
core is the best choice for the future multimedia-enriched handheld
appliances."
In the coming third-generation (3G) mobile communication era, with the
high bandwidth network infrastructure established, multimedia applications,
like videophone, multimedia streaming, video-on-demand and others, will vastly
permeate all handheld information appliances. In order to run such multimedia
applications and to process the complex 3G mobile communication protocol
stack, the baseband module of 3G smart phones would require a much more
powerful processing architecture while maintaining low power consumption.
Rise iDragon mP6 processor core embodies the super-scalar, super-pipeline,
and single-instruction-multiple-data (SIMD) multimedia architecture, which can
meet the demanding performance requirement for 3G mobile phones at a much
lower clock rate than single-scalar RISC microprocessors. This performance
efficiency at lower clock rate further reduces the power consumption for
iDragon mP6 processor core. Because of its three-scalar architecture, iDragon
mP6 processor core can efficiently process the Viterbi and Turbo algorithms
for mobile phones comparable to the Digital Signal Processor (DSP).
Rise is developing the new-generation iDragon mP6 processor cores with
even more advanced power management features, which will consume only a
fraction of the power consumption of the current-generation. Based on these
new processor cores, a series of highly integrated System-on-Chip (SOC) will
be developed and targeted for the multimedia-enriched handheld appliances like
PDA, 3G smart phones and others.
About Rise Technology
Rise Technology Company delivers extremely low power, sixth-generation
x86-based SOC solutions ideal for Information Appliances, which are driven by
the demands of emerging customers in the rapidly converging Consumer,
Communication, and Computing markets. Customer demands are comprised of
various applications such as Consumer Internet Appliances, Set-top Boxes,
Routers, Network Disk Servers, Thin Clients, PDAs, and Internet Cellular
Phones. For mobile applications, Rise's smart on-chip power management
feature meets the critical need for longer battery life. Rise's proven CPU
technology utilized in its SOC product family provides the low power
consumption, high performance, and full x86 compatibility essential for
Information Appliance solutions. The Rise x86 CPU supports multiple Operating
System platforms such as Linux, Windows CE, Windows, Windows NT, QNX, BeOS and
others. Rise is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with offices located
in Taipei and Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. The company can be reached at (408) 330-8800,
or visit their corporate web site at rise.com.
Rise and mP6 are trademarks of Rise Technology Company. Microsoft and
Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brands
and products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.
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