Broadcom and EA Join Forces to Gaming on Mobile Phones

Broadcom says that it has signed an agreement with Electronic Arts (EA) to enable EA Mobile game titles on mobile phones powered by Broadcom solutions. The game titles will be optimized for the latest generation VideoCore III mobile multimedia processor from Broadcom that supports high definition (HD) content and a new level of mobile phone graphics performance equivalent to today's dedicated handheld game consoles.

This agreement enables EA to deliver games into handsets that contain Broadcom silicon as these handsets come to market.

"With EA offering its exciting titles on VideoCore III processors, Broadcom can deliver a richer, more exhilarating mobile gaming experience," said Mark Casey, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Mobile Multimedia line of business. "The Broadcom BCM2727 processor continues to set the bar for low power, extreme mobile multimedia performance and is receiving significant recognition within the mobile device and gaming communities."

The recently announced Broadcom BCM2727 VideoCore III mobile multimedia processor features on-chip advanced 2D and 3D graphics accelerators and efficient audio technology that provide a rich viewing and listening experience ideally suited for gaming applications on mobile handsets. The ultra-low power graphics pipeline is optimized for efficient hardware acceleration of the OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics standard and supports graphics rich 3D games with rendering performance up to 32 million triangles per second. Mobile games residing on the phone can also be played on televisions up to HD resolution via an included HDMI output, enabling a more versatile gaming experience.

"Advances in high resolution mobile displays, the rapidly dropping cost of mobile content storage, faster mobile networks and advances in low power media processing are enabling a new generation of high definition mobile devices with significantly improved multimedia quality," said Billy Pidgeon, Program Manager, Consumer Markets: Games for IDC. "Low power 3D hardware graphics acceleration will allow developers to create games for convergent mobile devices that can compete with or surpass games for dedicated handheld gaming devices. True high resolution 3D graphics will entice consumers to download and play more mobile games, increasing revenue for publishers and operators."

Posted to the site on 8th November 2007