Google TV Utilizes Same SGX535 Graphics Processor Found in iPad and iPhone 3GS

[joeblough]

LOL that's not a schematic, it's a block diagram 🙂

 

[Justinf79]

I think the next Apple TV will probably have an ARM CPU and Power VR GPU in it, running on the iPhone OS. Maybe a 1.5Ghz-ish Cortex A9, with a 400Mhz-ish SGX545 and 512MB of RAM. Apple could open it up for game development, and make a controller attachment for the iPod Touch (they have a patent for this) and have them be used like a controller for games on the ATV. Hopefully it'll also have a coaxial/HDMI input with a 500GB drive to act as a DVR for cable/satellite content as well.

 

[flappah]

Is this sarcasm? Tough time telling being on the internet and all. I was thinking the exact opposite. It will be in all the lower priced tv's.

As long as they advertise it clear enough which TV it has in order to avoid buying just that TV. Enough Google already!

 

[madmax_2069]

Google copies Apple, how shocking 😛

got to love sarcasm

the intel GMA 500 is the SGX535 (instead of the gma 500 being developed in house, they licensed it from Imagination Technologies).

Google isn't copying off apple. its like if you saying that PC's are copying Apple because they use the same CPU or GPU, when the PC's used it first.

 

[bommai]

Until they prove its not a total pile of **** like Apple TV, I'm not interested.

I have a simple question for you. Why do you think AppleTV is a pile of ****. It does what it was meant to do very well. I use the iTunes (AirTunes) and my iPhone as remotes to control AppleTV. I have it hooked up to my home theater (using HDMI) as well as my whole home audio amplifier (using stereo analog outputs). I can send music throughout my home using the whole home amplifier or watch movies in my home theater. I rip all my DVDs into m4v files with Dolby Digital track using Handbrake and they play fine. So, again, other than the fact it does not do 1080p and does not do multiple different codecs, what is wrong with it?

 

[alent1234]

It's a piece of crap because there are a few formats it won't play because apple gimped the software. All the brand x media centers play all the formats

 

[bommai]

It's a piece of crap because there are a few formats it won't play because apple gimped the software. All the brand x media centers play all the formats

The most common format now is H.264. AppleTV plays that. That is all matters. I have no interest in playing boot legged material. If I am ripping my own DVDs, I use handbrake and rip to H.264. Also, it plays video podcasts and youtube great too. While they should have upgraded the hardware and made more software updates, the concept itself is still great.

 

[AidenShaw]

The most common format now is H.264.

On what basis? Please cite a reliable source.

In my (admittedly anecdotal) experience, H.264 videos are no longer rare - just uncommon. WMV and FLV are far, far more common.

 

[-=XX=-Nephilim]

Cant wait for Google TV 🙂

I would consider Apple TV if it isn't based on iOS but since it might (will be!?) then big pass from me...

Why?

No Flash support for full web experience - simple as that...

Here is demo of Google TV running Flash:

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/05/flash_player_101_on_google_tv.html

Awesome stuff 🙂

 

[GnillGnoll]

Who said it would do 1080 video? I think the PowerVR SGX535 GPU tops out at 1280x800 or 1024x768 output. So it will do 720 but not 1080.

The GPU can render 3D graphics to surfaces up to 2048x2048, but it's not responsible for video processing. Video decoding is done by a different unit ("Multi-format HW Decoder"), which can decode two 1080p streams at the same time (depending on format and bitrate). Output to the screen is handled by yet another unit ("Video Display Controller"), which is capable of up to 1080p via HDMI.