Renesas Mobile and Nomovok show first MeeGo implementation

Mobile World Congress 2011, TOKYO, JAPAN & ESPOO, FINLAND: Renesas Mobile Corp,, an innovative supplier of advanced cellular semiconductor solutions and platforms, and Nomovok Ltd. will showcase at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 the first MeeGo 1.1 implementation on a Renesas Mobile’s mobile application processor, the SH-Mobile APE4. The demonstration by Nomovok can be viewed at the Nokia Qt stand in Hall 1 during the show.

MeeGo is a Linux-based software platform that supports multiple hardware architectures across the broadest range of device segments, including mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media-phones, connected TVs and car infotainment systems. The MeeGo demonstration illustrates Renesas Mobile’s diverse OS expertise by showing leading-edge yet low-power multimedia and graphics performance based on Linux open source software.

The demonstration is based on the latest MeeGo Core OS 1.1 and a Linux BSP (board support package) with fully hardware accelerated video, audio and graphics support. In addition, it shows the latest SteelRat user interface making use of the hardware accelerated OpenGL ES implementation.

The demonstration shows the power of the MeeGo platform with Qt Quick and the scalability and performance of it on multiple target hardwares. Building custom user experiences with Qt Quick makes it possible to differentiate MeeGo for different target devices and customer needs. The Renesas Mobile’s family of application processors provides incredible graphics and multi-media performance to form the basis of unrivalled connected experiences when running MeeGo and combined with the company’s multi-mode platform.

“Nomovok SteelRat is a UX concept demo, running on the latest MeeGo OS and QML Scene Graph,” said Kaj Grönholm, Nomovok Chief Software Architect. “Built with Qt Quick, this SoC platform combines the productivity of QML language with the performance and graphical freedom of OpenGL shaders. The demo includes a fluid desktop with widgets and a set of applications such as browser, games, notes, calculator etc.”

”Qt lighthouse makes porting the Qt graphics stack into non-X11 platforms much easier than before,” said Hideto Kobayashi, Project Manager at Nomovok. “Lighthouse changes have now been integrated into the Qt master branch, which made it easy for us to support the Renesas Mobile’s BSP including Imagination Technologies POWERVR SGX540 driver and to achieve good performance using hardware accelerated graphics."

”Partnering with Nomovok allows Renesas Mobile to exploit our Linux assets and heritage by bringing them to the open source community in support of emerging mobile OS’s like MeeGo,” said Manfred Schlett, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Division, Renesas Mobile Corporation. “Renesas Mobile has a flexible and open approach to OS with our application processors and platforms which also include support for SymbianTM and AndroidTM in commercial products.”