ATI announces new Imageon chips for multimedia phones

ATI introduced the new media processors Imageon 2282 and Imageon 2182 that, according to the company, can turn a mobile phone into a high-resolution megapixel digital camera, a high-fidelity digital audio player and a digital camcorder with streaming video and video conferencing capabilities.

A programmable audio engine in the new processors enable features such as CD-quality, 3D ring-tones along with high-quality stereo recording and playback in industry standard formats, including AMR, AAC, MP3, Real Audio, WMA and MIDI, ATI said. The video engine enables a mobile digital video recorder/player and supports digital still camera with up to 3 megapixel resolution. The higher-end 2282 model provides video streaming and video conferencing functionality with picture-in-picture support.

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