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ATI Touting 3D Gaming Chip For Cellphones

Posted by simoniker on from the can-i-fit-a-voodoo-3-in-there? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to their website, ATI have just announced a new 3D game-orientated chip specifically designed for cellphones. The Imageon 2300 'offers the first hardware 3D graphics implementation in the handheld space... [and] also represents the first OpenGL ES 1.0 compliant device on the handheld market'." The ATI release mentions "...that wireless gaming is on the rise and will generate USD $1 billion in wireless gaming revenue by 2006 for wireless carriers in the United States", and it's interesting to note the TapWave Zodiac Palm-based gaming device already has an earlier ATI Imageon chip in it.

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  1. What About N-Gage? by GTRacer · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I imagine I can use an Imageon to upgrade my imaginary N-Gage. Need an image link...

    Seriously, I wonder how the TapWave will do where the N-Gage abysmally failed. Yes I know the Tapper isn't a cellphone, but otherwise, they're competing for similar customers. Sidetalking on a Tapper?

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  2. nvidia and others on the bandwagon, too by morcheeba · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nvidia hasn't announced a comparable chip, but they just joined the Khronos group that is promoting the OpenGL ES spec for embedded systems. Product demos are also being given by 3Dlabs, TAKUMI, Hybrid Graphics, Futuremark, Motorola, PowerVR/Imgtec, and NeoMagic at today's digital game summit.

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