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Apocalypso
31-05-2006, 05:44 PM
Nokia N93; First Nokia Phone with HW Accelerated 3D Graphics

We have already spotted (http://www.symbian-freak.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4564&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=345#43836) that Nokia N93 (http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/006/04/nokia_n93.htm) is the first Nokia phone with HW accelerated 3D graphics and OpenGL ES (1.1) support.

As the real freaks we have been very curious about this new and exciting technology and after some research we have found that N93 uses PowerVR MBX 2D/3D graphics accelerator from Imagination Technology incorporated into Texas Instrument’s OMAP2420 (http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6351/15yr.jpg) together with the fully programmable VGP vertex processor core, FPU (floating point unit) and ARM11 processor.

Although Nokia N93 isn’t the only Symbian phone that uses this technology, it seams that Sony Ericsson P990 (http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/006/02/p990.htm) as well as.. ...

Read more:
PoverVR MBX GPU - full story, demo screens.. (http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/006/05/powervr_mbx.htm)
www.symbian-freak.com (http://www.symbian-freak.com/) - Your Ultimate Symbian Destination

Sincerely yours,
Apoc