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YF's 80T-1 is mainly notable for being only the second device we've come across that's powered by the
SiRFprima SoC (system-on-chip). The first was the FineDrive iQ500, released earlier this month and pictured at right. The SiRFprima, announced just over a year ago, combines an
ARM11 applications processor core with a "location engine" that tracks both GPS and Galileo satellites. For more details on the SoC, see later in this story.
While SiRF itself doesn't specify the SiRFprima's clock speed, YF said its 80T-1 is clocked at 600MHz. Running the Windows CE 6.0 core operating system, the device has 128MB of RAM, and either 2GB or 4GB of flash storage, the company adds.
YF's 80T-1 comes with a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, offering 800 x 480 resolution. Wired connections include an SD expansion slot, a USB port, a headphone jack, and an input for external 12VDC power.
Unusually for a device positioned solely as a PND, the 80T-1 includes WiFi, though YF makes no claim of web browsing capabilities. The gadget is also said to be available with Bluetooth and an optional TMC receiver.
Features and specifications listed by YF International for the 80T-1 include:
- Processor -- SiRF prima, clocked at 600MHz, with ARM11 applications processor and GPS receiver
- Memory -- 128MB of SDRAM, and either 2GB or 4GB of storage
- Storage -- SD expansion slot
- Display -- 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display
- Wireless interfaces:
- WiFi
- GPS
- TMC receiver (optional)
- Bluetooth (optional)
- Other I/O:
- USB 2.0 device port
- Headphone jack
- DC input
- Expansion -- SD slot
- Dimensions -- 4.25 x 2.97 x 0.57 inches (108 x 75.6 x 14.5mm)
- Weight -- n/s
The SiRFprimaSiRF's SiRFprima uses an ARM1136JF-S applications processor to run either Windows CE or Linux, adding a digital signal processor (DSP) and satellite tracking circuitry. The SoC's "hardware scalable location engine" features 64 channels with -161 dBm sensitivity, and more than 1,000,000 correlators, according to SiRF.
SiRF's SiRFPrima SoC
(Click to enlarge)When it was announced in February 2009, the SiRFprima was claimed to be one of the first products that is capable of working with both American
GPS and European
Galileo satellite networks. The SoC also dedicates some of its hardware to accelerating SiRF's
InstantFixII technology, which has been touted as decreasing GPS startup times by modeling satellite behavior, then predicting their positions in the sky for up to three days in the future.
The SoC's hardware-accelerated graphics are based on Imagination Technologies'
PowerVR MBX core, which supports Direct3D on Windows Mobile and OpenGL ES on Linux. The PowerVR MBX supports key 3D features, and has a Vertex Geometry Processor that offloads complex 3D transformation and lighting (T&L) tasks. It provides fill rates in excess of 300 million pixels/sec., according to Imagination Technologies.
The SiRFprima additionally offers video and multimedia acceleration via PowerVR's
MVED1, claimed by its vendor to accelerate the decoding or encoding of H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, MPEG-2 and VC-1 (WMV9) video streams, with over a 90 percent reduction in CPU load. Finally, says SiRF, the SiRF Prima has a "full complement" of peripheral and external interfaces for connecting to touch screens, mass storage devices, video cameras, and other equipment.
AvailabilityYF International did not release pricing or availability information for the 80T-1. More information may be found on the company's website,
here.
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