Vivace Semiconductor VSP100: High-performance processor targets QVGA portable devices

The VSP100 multicore chip targets devices incorporating high-quality video in QVGA portable devices with screens smaller than 2.5 in. Based on the vendor’s ViViD media-processing engine, the high-performance processor features two customized VLIW (very-long-instruction-word) processing cores for video processing and a RISC processor. Available in a SMIC 0.13-micron process, the VSP100 sells for $5 to $6 (10,000).

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