Zoran Corporation announced that their processor, the Quatro 4100, is now being used in Samsung's new sublimation photo printers, the SPP-2020 and SPP-2040 (shipping now in the US). The Quatro 4100 is a fully programmable processor, providing high performance that is demanded by today's photo printers.
Thanks to the high quality image processing of Quatro 4100, both the SPP-2020 and SPP-2040 deliver very high quality 4"x6" prints comparable with silver halide prints. Print speeds are in the range of 60 seconds. Both printers also provide USB printing and USB PictBridge.
Quatro 4100 has been designed keeping in mind the demands of consumer dye-sublimation printers. It is a cost-effective solution to build feature-rich yet low-cost printers. The Quatro 4100 is also geared for applications that require PC-free functions like inkjet/laser MFPs and direct-connect photo printers with USB/mem card interfaces.
More info is available from Zoran's website.
Zoran Quatro 4100 Processor Features Include:
Cost-effective solution
Highly integrated system-on-a-chip with both PC and non-PC interfaces,
enabling the lowest possible cost
Rapid time-to-market
Programmable platform for rapidly deploying innovative features and
associated image processing pipelines
High performance
Specialized imaging DSP core paired with the industry-leading ARM7 CPU
67 MHz ARM7 CPU core
133 MHz quad-processor SIMD DSP core
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed device (480 Mbps)
USB Full-Speed host for camera direct connect
Memory card interface: CompactFlas, (including Microdrive), Memory
Stick, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card, MultiMediaCard and SmartMedia
3 color-copies per minute performance for an 8.5" x 11" photograph at
600 dpi
15 color-copies per minute performance for color pages with white space
at 600 dpi
18 monochrome-copies per minute performance for an 8.5" x 11" photograph
at 600 dpi
Complete development tool suite
Complete reference design and use of code bases developed for the Quatro
imaging SOC platform
Extensive image processing library
Programmable interfaces to control inkjet print heads, laser engine and
scanner assemblies
133 MHz 8-bit SDRAM interface
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed 480 Mbps device interface (including PHY)
USB Full-Speed host
Memory card interface (CompactFlash, (including Microdrive,) Memory
Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card, MultiMediaCard and
SmartMedia
Scanner AFE interface and control interface (supporting CCD and CIS
scanners)
Powerful programmable printer and scanner mechanism control interface
with dual 133 MHz flexRISC processors
14-channel, 2MHz 8-bit A/D
System bus interface
General-purpose I/O interface
Serial port
JTAG interface
Zoran Quatro 4100 Processor Specification:
216-pin LQFP or 256-pin BGA package
0.18 micron process
On-chip PLL with EMI reduction
Full scan design and on-chip BIST for high production test coverage
Core voltage 1.8V
I/O voltage 3.3V (5V tolerant)
Power dissipation <2W at maximum clock speed
Sleep mode
