ARM Launches Second Generation of Mali-T600 Graphics Processors

Published on: 6th Aug 2012

­UK based semiconductor reference design company, ARM Holdings has announced the second generation of the ARM Mali-T600 Series graphics processing units (GPUs), which it says delivers dramatically improved performance over its predecessor.

Each of the products features a 50 percent performance increase and are the first to include Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC), a texture compression technique that originated from ARM. ASTC optimizes GPU performance and increases battery life in smartphones and tablets, and has now been adopted by the Khronos™ Group, an important industry consortium that focuses on open standards.

The Mali-T624 and Mali-T628 products provide market leading graphics and GPU compute to smartphones and smart-TVs, while the Mali-T678 has been optimized to address the demands of the rapidly growing tablet market.

GPU compute also extends the range of use cases possible on mass-market mobile devices, allowing features like photo editing and video stabilization to be available in a wider range of consumer products.

"People expect higher standards of visual computing on their smartphones, tablets and smart-TVs with seamless access to their digital world and personal content," said Pete Hutton, general manager, Media Processing Division, ARM. "GPU compute enables this as it increases the range of functions mobile devices can perform within the available battery life. ARM continues to focus on system-wide optimization by integrating market leading CPU and GPU technologies to drive both high performance and energy-efficiency."

Each of the second generation Mali-T600 Series GPUs features a 50 percent performance increase compared to first generation Mali-T600 products (based on industry standard benchmarks) , on the same silicon process. This 50 percent increase has been facilitated by a combination of frequency improvements, such as optimizing the register transfer level (RTL) for increased performance, and micro-architectural improvements so that graphics are executed more efficiently.

 

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