Ogg Vorbis on a Chip

[Ioman]

FineArch recently announced that they have developed a Ogg Vorbis decoder chip, FS-500, designed for mobile devices and IP solutions. The chip will deliver, according to the manufacturer, better sound and less CPU usage.

http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,7547

[ECA]

BULL.
No way..

Taking the BEEP, Bop, boop, format, 4-8 bit and going to 16? bit full sound...
It would be cool.. From Midi 4bit to 16bit wave??? BIG difference.. And i would think it SHOULD take more power to push it, at LEASt the volume of it..

[openbsd-flipp]

as far as i am concerned it is atleast a decent start in the right direction. It would be ice to have a portable ogg player that is natively installed instead of having to hack the drive.

[Ioman]

:slap as far as i am concerned it is atleast a decent start in the right direction. It would be ice to have a portable ogg player that is natively installed instead of having to hack the drive.

I'm with goofy on this one. Its a start in the right direction.

[ECA]

true...
But WHO would use there CELL phone to listen to music recorded that way... its TO BIG... Look at the ram it would take..Chip may NOT take much more power, but who has 65+megs in the cell.

[openbsd-flipp]

A quick search on new egg solves that media problem. If the final product uses SD flash then you can get a 128meg chip for under $20. Not bad if you ask me.

[ECA]

And how many Cellphones USE ram cards??
And those cards are HOW fast??