PortalPlayer

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PortalPlayer Inc.

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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

  1. ↑ NVIDIA buys PortalPlayer

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