PortalPlayer
PortalPlayer Inc.
|
|
---|---|
legal form | Corporation |
Seat | California |
Branch | Semiconductor design |
Website | www.nvidia.com |
PortalPlayer Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that manufactures single chip systems (SoC) for digital audio players such as B. produces the iPod .
PortalPlayer develops semiconductor chips and their firmware and subcontracts to other companies. The semiconductor elements themselves are manufactured in foundries . On January 5, 2007, Nvidia announced that it had acquired PortalPlayer Inc. for $ 357 million.
Cooperation with Apple
iPod
The central processor of the iPod is manufactured by PortalPlayer, who also created the reference design for the portable MP3 player, which became the iPod after Apple's entry. PortalPlayer was also involved in the development of the user interface for the iPod, which Pixo was involved in.
Products
PortalPlayer 5002
The PortalPlayer 5002 chip is used in the following devices:
- iPod : 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation
PortalPlayer 5003
A one-chip system with 2 ARM7 - CPU cores (up to 90 MHz).
The PortalPlayer 5003 chip is used in the following devices:
- Rio Karma
PortalPlayer 5020
A one-chip system with 2 ARM - CPU cores (up to 80 MHz).
The PortalPlayer 5020 chip is used in the following devices:
- iPod : 4th generation, iPod Photo and 1st generation iPod Mini
- Tatung Elio M310 (system / pp5020.mi4 contains the string "PP5020AF-05.11-TG01-11.40-TG01-11.40-DT" and "Copyright (c) 1999 - 2003 PortalPlayer, Inc.")
- Virgin player 5GB
- Megaplayer 540, uses the firmware system / pp5020.mi4 and contains the string "PP5020AF ...", sold in Germany as Medion MD81034 (ALDI)
- iriver H10, all models (including 5GB, 6GB, and 20GB)
PortalPlayer 5021C-TDF
The PortalPlayer 5021C-TDF chip is used in the following devices:
- iPod : 1st generation iPod Nano
PortalPlayer 5022
The PP5022 is most likely software compatible with the PP5020. The PortalPlayer 5022 chip is used in the following devices:
- iPod : 2nd generation iPod Mini and 5th generation iPod (with video functionality (20GB and 60GB))
PortalPlayer 5024
The PortalPlayer chip, developed in 2005 and used on audio players, is offered for sale by Nvidia.
The PortalPlayer 5024 chip is used in the following devices:
- Sandisk Sansa e200 series
Individual evidence
Web links
- An overview of the various PortalPlayer chips
- PortalPlayer 5024 at Nvidia
- mi4 file format Almost all PortalPlayer models use the mi4 file format on the firmware side (except for iPods)