Marvell
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Marvell is a chip making company that has decided to focus on eBook Readers in their latest design.
[edit] Overview
This new eBook chip, the Armada 166E, runs at more than a gigahertz and is based on the Armada 100 series chip designs. The chips are based on the ARM microprocessor designs, which are shipping in 600 million Marvell-based chips each year.
This chip set is called "a complete solution for e-books" by the company. The chips include wireless circuitry, along with power management chips, and a controller chip for the E Ink display along with the ARM based microprocessor.
While this chip set focuses on E Ink they also produce an ARMADA 100 version with a built-in LCD controller. They can also build-in Ethernet and 2D graphics hardware accelerator.
[edit] Specifications
- ARMADA 100 series: high-performance Sheeva™ CPU cores running up to 1.2 GHz
- Peripheral integration: 5-in-1 card reader (SDIO), USB host and OTG clients.
- RAM: option of either low-power Mobile DDR or low-cost DDR2 memory
