Alphamosaic
Alphamosaic Ltd was a UK semiconductor company specialising in low power mobile multimedia processors, based on their VideoCore architecture.[1] Alphamosaic was founded as a spin out from Cambridge Consultants, by Robert Swann and Steve Barlow in 2000, supported by venture capital from Prelude Trust,[2] ACT and TTP Ventures.
The technology centered round a novel 2D digital signal processor (DSP) architecture for low-power processing of video and images. It was used in consumer devices including phones from Samsung and the first Apple video iPod to handle video record and playback, image capture and processing, audio capture and processing, graphics, games and ringtones.
In September 2004, Alphamosaic was acquired by Broadcom for $123 million,[3] forming its Mobile Multimedia group on the Cambridge Science Park site.
Initial products VC01 and VC02 were multimedia co-processors, later products were application processors. For a list of products see VideoCore.
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- ^ About Alphamosaic, archived on 26 July 2004.
- ^ "Prelude Trust PLC | New Investment | InvestEgate".
- ^ Broadcom Acquires Alphamosaic Limited, a Leading Developer of Mobile Multimedia Processors for Cellular Phones, accessed on 29 March 2008.
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