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WonderMedia Prizm WM8880 mobile processor

27.05.2013

WonderMedia, a division of VIA Technologies, will soon release a new "system on a chip" Prizm WM8880 for mobile devices, according to online sources.

It is reported that the processor combines two computing cores with the ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, operating at a clock frequency of 1,5 GHz. In addition, the chip includes a dual-core Mali 400 graphics controller.
The Prizm WM8880 platform will support high-definition video in 1080p format (1920x1080 pixels).

Apparently, the Prizm WM8880 processor will inherit from the WM8980 model such characteristics as support for DDR3/LPDDR2 SDRAM memory, as well as HDMI, LVDS and DVI.

Prizm WM8880 is designed for use in smartphones and tablets. By the way, information about one of these devices has already appeared on the Internet. We are talking about a certain Chinese tablet, which is endowed with a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 1024 × 600 pixels, 1 GB of RAM, a 16 GB flash drive and a microSD slot.

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