The phrase "video chip" is a correct and common term in written English.
You can use it when referring to the small electronic components responsible for generating and controlling the video display on a device. Example: The new laptop boasts a powerful video chip, allowing for crystal-clear graphics and smooth video playback.
Without a dedicated video chip, such devices can typically muster only poor resolution.
A small start-up wireless video chip maker, Adimos Systems Ltd., hopes to benefit by styling itself as a "digital Switzerland" between the competing factions.
The job market "is not the same as it was years ago," said Massimo Sutera, 45, a microprocessor engineer who was laid off last year when his firm, Zoran Corporation, a video chip maker, was acquired by the British firm C.S.R., which promptly scaled back its Sunnyvale operations, discontinuing its investment in digital television systems-on-a-chip.
The company won an Emmy for its video chip.
The stock of the video chip maker fell 16.5%, or $4.16, to $21.10, by close on Thursday after the company gave a lowered guidance for the year.
The most natural partner may be Philips; Ipsotek's software is configured to run on Philips Trimediaa video chip, which performs 50 billion operations per second –ninefold faster than the Texas Instruments chip popular among Ipsotek rivals.
H.264 is built into dedicated video chips in portable gadgets from phones to tablets and camcorders.
Pipelining is fairly standard in most video chips, but the MIT researchers developed a couple of other tricks to further improve efficiency.
ATI Technologies, a producer of computer graphics and video chips, said yesterday that its first-quarter earnings had increased 34percenttoto $63.7 million, a record for the company.
Memory, video chips and even chips optimized for power-conscious laptops have all been riding up similar power curves.
3DFX, the once promising maker of video chips for gamers, runs out of options and sells out to rival Nvidia.
