Today, Arm officially unveiled its newest generation of Mali multimedia suites, including the new video, display and image processors, in Beijing, which integrates seamlessly with existing DynamIQ-based CPUs and other Arm IPs to fully implement Arm A new generation of solutions for mainstream mobile devices and digital television (DTV).
Specific products include the Mali-G52 GPU for mainstream mobile phones, the biggest highlight of the machine learning capabilities; for entry-level phone Mali-G31 GPU is the smallest product; and Mali-D51 display processor and Mali-V52 video processor.
2017 ship 120 million Mali GPUs
According to IDC reports, more than 90% of intelligent terminals equipped with AI are based on the Arm architecture in today's market.According to official statistics, the current total delivery volume of ARM-based chips exceeds 125 billion, and is expected to reach 2021 Will reach 200 billion. Arm has more than 1,000 technology partners, the areas covered by the chip, network and cloud.
With its high performance and low power consumption, Arm has the absolute advantage in many areas, and in the field of GPUs, only Mali's GPU shipments in 2017 were as high as 120 million.
Arm's senior director of marketing, Ian Smythe, said it has become an inevitable trend for end-devices to support a rich, multi-layered user interface and a broad range of newest applications. More importantly, machine learning is no longer a feature of high-end smartphones There are configurations.Each level users want to easily use all kinds of APP applications equipped with machine learning capabilities, 3D games, mixed reality and 4k content is more and more popular, new games are also constantly emerging in the mainstream mobile phone.In the new generation of user needs Under the technology-driven innovation, Arm launched a new generation of solutions to provide users with a more hearty visual experience.
The new generation of GPU Mali G52 / G31 is released, emphasizing machine learning
First of all, from Arm's announcement of the GPU product roadmap, it has been implemented in the high school low-end full layout, including the G70 series on behalf of high-end, G50 series on behalf of the end, G30 series on behalf of the low-end.
The Mali-G52 GPUs released today are targeted at midrange products, but Arm's goal is to enable mainstream devices to implement advanced features. Compared with the previous-generation G51, the G52 can easily handle higher graphics complexity, allowing power in mainstream mobile systems. And achieve more machine learning capabilities within bandwidth constraints.
It is reported that the Mali-G52 uses a wider execution engine. Compared with the 4 threads of the previous generation, the Mali-G52 can provide up to 8 threads, providing higher graphics performance over the same chip area.
The measured data shows that compared with the previous generation, the G52 performance density is increased by 30%, energy efficiency is increased by 15%, the power consumption and heat dissipation of the device can be reduced, and longer game time is supported, and even the AR power consumption technology can be supported.
In addition, the Mali-G52 GPU also incorporates machine learning capabilities. According to Arm's official, in a mainstream device, the method of setting up a machine learning processor is not practical. These tasks can be performed by each component of the system-on-chip (SoC). The best performance is achieved, combined with DynamIQ CPU and Mali-G51 to improve the machine learning performance of existing applications.
Another GPU product, the Mali-G31, is a new generation of Arm designed for low-end products. It is positioned to provide a superior user experience in the smallest chip area.
The Mali-G31 is the first Ultra-Efficient GPU based on the innovative Bifrost architecture and is currently the smallest Arm processor with support for OpenGL ES 3.2 and the latest generation of Vulkan APIs, which developers can use for several Millions of devices.
In addition, the Mali-G31 has a 20% lower G51 size and 20% higher performance density than the previous generation using the Bifrost architecture, significantly reducing energy consumption while reducing chip area.
Display and video processor
The conference, the reality and video Arm also introduced two display and video processor.
Display Processor The Mali-D51 boasts the many advantages of the Mali-D71, a high-end display processor from 2017, and is integrated into the smallest DPU ever owned by Arm, the first mainstream display processor based on the Komeda architecture , Saving 30% energy over the entire system; doubling the scene complexity and supporting 8 levels of image processing like the Mali-D71; and 50% faster memory access latency for seamless, efficient content projection.
The Mali-D51 is fully optimized to work seamlessly with other IPs in the Mali Multimedia Suite and with Assertive Display 5 technology to bring even HDR (high dynamic range images) to mainstream devices; enhances with CoreLink MMU-600 System memory management efficiency.
The video processor Mali-V52 delivers twice the decoding performance of all major devices for 4K playback including 4K60 / 4K120 content, up to 20% more uploading quality and clearer, sharper video quality than the previous generation.
Arm said that the company is working to make more mainstream users feel the perfect visual experience, the release of Mali Multimedia Suite today is one of many Arm efforts.