Arm introduces three new display technologies to enable next level user experience

Arm announced three new display technologies which are aimed towards the smartphone market. The three technologies announced by the company include Assertive Display 5, Mali-D71 display processor and CoreLink MMU-600. Assertive Display 5 aims to increase the readability on screen in extreme sunlight and bring HDR-like experience on mobile devices, Mali-D71 is the new display processor and CoreLink MMU-600 is the new memory management unit for ARM-powered devices. [caption id=“attachment_4187857” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] New Arm technologies.[/caption] The Mali-D71 architecture has been optimized for 4K displays at 120 FPS. According to Android Authority, the Mali-D71 display processor has 4X latency tolerance, 2X area efficiency and 2X pixel output as compared to the earlier generation Mali-DP650.  Arm pointed out that these factors are important if one is to use high-resolution images at a higher frame rate for AR or VR. [caption id=“attachment_4188247” align=“alignnone” width=“800”] Mali-D71 display processor helps in VR. Arm[/caption] The Assertive Display 5 is basically is Arm’s technology which increases the readability of the display in bright sunlight. Assertive Display will adjust the colour of each pixel and use the screen brightness to increase the view of the darker areas while keeping the lighter areas from being washed out by sunlight. The key thing about the Assertive Display 5 is that it brings HDR content to all displays even if they are SDR. [caption id=“attachment_4188235” align=“alignnone” width=“800”] Assertive Display 5. Arm[/caption] The new Memory Management Unit (MMU) CoreLink MMU-600 has been specially rendered for the Mali-D71 which leads to 55 percent area saving and 50 percent latency improvement.