Symbian OS runs on multi core systemLee Williams has just posted an entry to the official Symbian Foundation blog – it claims that Symbian can now run on devices with multiple ATM processors:


A team at ST-Ericsson, and ARM have the operating system now running on a highly capable SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) configuration.

According to Lee, the following features are possible with this configuration:

Which can accommodate features and functionality such as :
o HD 1080p camcorder and video
o Up to 18 Million pixels camera
o ~100 hours audio playback time
o 10 hours HD video playback time
o Simultaneously TV out over HDMI
o Video and Imaging accelerator
o HW accelerated 3D Graphics supporting OpenGL ES2.0
o 2xWVGA (960×854) displays
o Touch UI on 2 displays

Of course, this post tells us little about when devices based on these chips will be released – but we will probably find that out in a year or two…


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