RMI Corporation has announced that Digital Cube has selected the Alchemy Au1300 Processor for its next generation platform. Digital Cube's next generation platform will fuel its Mobile Internet Devices and Portable Media Players with high definition video playback and a rich 3D user interface.

The new Digital Cube devices will utilize the RMI AlchemyTM Au1300 Processor Family, targeted at consumer devices requiring superior CPU performance, High Definition media capabilities and 3D functionality. Digital Cube's products will focus on multi-function PMPs and 3D navigation devices with WinCE 6.0 OS, 8GB to 32GB NAND flash memory, and a 4 to 7 inch touch screen TFT LCD panel. The new products from Digital Cube will be available in the second quarter of 2009.

The Alchemy Au1300 Processor is a processor for portable media based applications, including MIDs, Home Media Player Devices such as Advanced Digital Photo Frames, 3D Personal Navigation Devices, Portable Media Players, Audio/Video Networking, thin clients and other multimedia devices. The Au1300 Processor takes advantage of RMI's innovative architecture to extend the performance and enrich the media experience, while maintaining overall system power rates of less than ½ watt. The Au1300 also delivers an enhanced Media Acceleration Engine, providing hardware Bit Stream Acceleration and entropy decode that were formerly performed by the CPU core. This approach enables High Definition video decode at significantly higher bit rates than prior generation devices and also frees up additional CPU performance "headroom," enabling multi-tasking capabilities such as browsing, video chat and other communication features.