ZiiLabs announces full-HD capable processor

John Chan | Nov 09, 2009

Creative's ZiiLabs today announced the ZMS-08 processor, its third-generation product that brings 1080p H.264 decoding to the table. According to ZiiLabs' specifications page, the second-generation ZMS-05 is capable of H.264 720p decoding at 8Mbps, while the new chip does H.264 1080p at 40Mbps.

This chip is powered by a 1GHz Arm Cortex processor. It is targeted at media-rich applications, yet is supposed to have low power requirements. ZiiLabs does not make any consumer products itself but intends for the ZMS-08 to be used by manufacturers in devices such as Web tablets, Netbooks and smartphones. The company says it is working with partners currently but there hasn't been any product announcement from third-party manufacturers as yet.

While 1080p video playback would be pointless in these products because they usually come with small screens, it will allow the devices to output HD material to larger displays, effectively giving you a media hub in your pocket.

The Zii Egg is an example of what ZiiLabs' processors are meant for. The ZMS-05 is found in that device, which is a developer platform for the company's own Plaszma OS and Google's Android OS. Read our hands-on of the Zii Egg here.

Filed under: Handhelds, Mobile Phones, Music & Play, Notebooks, PC & Peripherals
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tanym

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tanym says...
With powerful and better specifications, they have broaden their target to include web tablets and netbooks. Hence we should see more OS supports besides Plaszma OS and Andriod OS. We should see the likes of Redhat, Windows 7 and probably Mac OS X too. Cos they are the mainstream OS for web tablets and netbooks. Without these OSes, it wouldn't be able to realise its potential. Unless they are also turning their attention to Plaszma OS to turn it into a mainstream OS too....

Nov 10, 2009 00:16