Tired of the time it takes for your e-reader to turn the digital page? Lag could soon be a thing of the past when it comes to virtual tomes with E Ink screens: Marvell has announced a new system on a chip it’ll be shoving into a bunch of e-readers, speeding them up and shoving in all the connectivity you could ever need for downloading books.
You might not have heard of Marvell, but it’s one of the world’s leading chip makers, piecing together the systems used in everything from phones to plug computers. It’s just announced a partnership with E Ink, the company behind the easy on the eye screens in many e-readers, to start shoving new tech inside to make them faster and more powerful than ever before.
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As part of the new partnership, Marvell will start using its new Armada processor in e-readers, which promises fast page loading and PDF rendering, as well as extended battery life and best of all, support for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. In other words, the next Kindle killer could pack all three in, and on the cheap too: Marvell says e-readers using it will have “competitive price points”.
The first e-reader fruit of the partnership is already on the way: called the enTourage eDGe, it’s a twin screen e-reader running Android due next year. You can expect equally powerful gizmos to emerge from rivals soon after – will the e-reader 2.0 be the next big thing at CES 2010?
Out TBC | £TBC | Marvell (Via PRNewswire)
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