Realtek licences Imagination GPU for DTV

Realtek has licensed Imagination Technologies’ IMG B-Series BXE-4-32 GPU for a system-on-chip aimed at mass market digital television.

BXE-4-32 was selected, said Imagination, for area efficiency while processing four pixels per clock, plus its multi-core capability and cache configurability.

BXE also features Imagination’s IMGIC multiple-quality-level real-time image compression technology that “enables DTV platforms with a BXE-4-32 GPU to configure and optimise image quality and reduce system bandwidth for a responsive user experience” said Imagination.


Imagination and Realtek have collaborated for many years.


In February, StarFive of Shanghai licenced the same core for a 1.5GHz multi-core Risc-V-based artificial intelligence vision processing system-on-chip called ‘Jinghong 7100’, to go on StarFive’s ‘BeagleV’ Linux single-board computer.

“BeagleV is not only is equipped with self-developed NNE and ISP, but also carries VDSP and video decorder-encorder, and has all the scalable features that today’s desktop computers possess,” said Imagination at the time. Use is expected in industrial machinery, data centres and edge computing.

Steve Bush

Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.

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