ARM has launch of the ARM Mali-450 MP Graphics
Processing Unit (GPU), a new graphics core that doubles
the performance of the company's Mali-400 MP solution.
The successor of the Mali-400 MP GPU - currently found
in mainstream smart-TVs and Android-based smartphones
and tablets - expands the range of performance points by
supporting scalability of up to 8 cores, while also
doubling vertex processing throughput. ARM has made
additional architectural optimizations for the new
Mali-450 MP in order to maximize reuse of the available
resources during the graphics operation. This minimizes
the power and bandwidth requirements of the Mali-450 MP
GPU.
With linear performance scaling and focus on maximizing
processing efficiency, even when rendering at four times
Full Scene Anti-Aliasing (4xFSAA), the new GPU
promises to offer superior image quality even at 2K and
4K screen resolutions.
Mali software DDK also enables easy transition to
Mali-450 MP by maintaining one driver and application
stack for the current and future product portfolio.
Additionally Mali GPU multicore scaling is completely
transparent to software developers, lowering cost of
hardware integration.