Broadcom introduces next-gen Crystal HD video accelerator for netbooks
Broadcom roll out an updated version of the company’s Crystal HD video accelerator for netbooks and notebooks is. As with previous versions, the new HD Crystal Chip, a media chip, 1080p HD video playback capabilities to low-power notebooks, which gives otherwise be able to handle HD video playback.
In fact, there is not much information in the announcement, as the new HD is crystal accelerator over its predecessor. But it looks like the chip will be available in two variants: It is on a motherboard or sold as a PCIe card that can be plugged into almost any notebook will be added to a free slot.
The new Broadcom BCM70015 supports Windows Media Player 12, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, and other video players. It enables Blu-ray playback and support for a variety of codecs such as H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, VC-1, WMV9, MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, and AVS.
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