British Company to Design Apple Media Chips

By Ian Bell April 6, 2005

“The branding for the Apple multimedia product is not yet known. Looking at the public specifications describing the Alphamosaic chips, it is clear that Apple could use it to build a family of mobile hand-held digital devices equipped with wireless communications that would be far more advanced than its current iPod family.”

A press release on the Alphamosaic website describes the media chip:

“Building on the success of the VC01, Alphamosaic is now sampling VC02, the world’s most advanced mobile multimedia processor. The VC02 can display video on 3.5 inch color LCDs and capture 8 megapixel images, making it ideal for watching TV, making videos or taking studio-quality photos on a cellphone. “

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