A number of weeks after unveiling its ZMS-20 and ZMS-40 StemCell processors, ZiiLabs has now designed a brand new family of slates to deal with them. Developed with the OEM market in mind, the company’s new Jaguar Honeycomb tablets are available two breeds — one with a seven-inch, 1024×600 LCD and another with a 10-inch 1280×800 display. Unlike their ZiiO predecessors , these 64GB siamese twins demand both capacitive and resistive touchscreen capabilities, support OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics and, as you’ll discover within the image above, feature front- and rear-facing five-megapixel cameras. And, needless to say, there is a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 ZMS-20 or quad-core ZMS-40 helping them purr right along, both clocking in at 1.5 GHz. The 2 Jaguars shall be uncaged at next week’s Computex tradeshow in Taiwan, but yow will discover additional info within the PR that awaits you after the break.
Modular Tablet Reference Designs Enable OEM’s to satisfy the Growing Demand for Innovative Next-Generation Android Tablets
Singapore – 26th May 2011 – ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a unconditionally-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today introduced its JAGUAR family of high-performance, energy-efficient Android tablet reference platforms. The modular 7″ and 10″ tablets are designed for the most recent Android 3.X compliance and leverage some of the best performance, low-power consumption and rich-feature set of the most recent ZiiLABS ZMS-20 and ZMS-40 StemCell Processors.
Engineered for top-quality, connected and immersive tablet computing, the JAGUAR platforms enable OEMs to fulfill the growing demand for next-generation Android tablets that deliver stunning 1080p high profile video playback, immersive OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics, high-quality HD video calling and a rich desktop browsing experience including Adobe Flash Player.
In keeping with a motherboard concept, the JAGUAR allows an aftermarket or ODM to bring to market their very own Android 3.X tablets inside the shortest possible time. The JAGUAR platforms combine the graceful Industrial Design templates (ID), proven high-speed system design and peripheral modularity required to enable OEMs and their ODM partners to innovate and differentiate critical components akin to the LCD display, touch controller, cameras, ID and modem connectivity.
JAGUAR reference tablets in keeping with the ZMS-20 may be shown within the ZiiLABS suite (Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei, Grand Room, #1137) on the Computex 2011 tradeshow in Taipei, Taiwan between 31 May and four June. The ZMS-20 features 48 StemCell media processing cores and dual 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 MPCores.
“As consumer demand for a large-range of smarter, more connected tablets increases, so do the OEMs’ must innovate while also shrinking their time-to-market” said Hock Leow, president of ZiiLABS. “The JAGUAR platform combines our deep understanding and experience engaged on consumer devices and tablets with our ZMS processors, reference platforms, software and certification know-methods to deliver a state-of-the-art platform that minimizes the complexities of introducing next-generation tablets.”
“Timing is everything and a frenzied land-grab is happening within the tablet computing market,” said Sim Wong Hoo, Chairman and CEO of Creative Technology. “Android 3.X and ZMS-20 are designed and engineered specifically for this new and exciting tablet market where growth is anticipated to approach 100 million next year. The JAGUAR platforms in line with ZiiLABS’ ZMS-20 and ZMS-40 processors push performances to a brand new level that the area hasn’t ever seen before and OEMs and ODMs can leverage this with JAGUAR to quickly stake a sizeable claim during this explosive market.”
Existing JAGUAR based tablet designs might be ready to make the most of 6 GHz of quad-core computing by migrating to the compatible quad ARM-Cortex-A9 based ZMS-40.
JAGUAR Platforms – Key Features
* Powered by ZiiLABS ZMS-20 and ZMS-40
o Dual and Quad Core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A9 cores with Neon
o 48 and 96 core floating point StemCell media processors
* Robust Android BSP and Middleware
* Designed for Android 3.0+ Compliance
* Modular Motherboard Design to enable OEM/ODM Customization
* Wide-angle 7″(1024×600) and 10″ (1280×800) LCD options
* Capacitive and Resistive LCD touch options
* As much as 2GB high-speed 64-bit memory
o High performance and coffee-power LPDDR2-800 for super high memory bandwidth of 6.4GBytes per second
o DDR2/DDR3 for low cost
* 5MP rear and HD front facing camera as standard
* Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G/4G/WiMax and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
* GPS, accelerometer, digital compass and gyroscope
* Stereo speakers and dual Microphone array
* As much as 64GB internal storage
* USB 2.0 port
* SDHC Card sl
* Extended battery life with robust dynamic power management
* Instantaneous On feature
Availability
The JAGUAR Android reference tablets are sampling now. For more information and to organize meetings at Computex visit: www.ziilabs.com
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