Mali-300

The area-efficient ARM® Mali™-300 GPU offers high performance embedded graphics, making OpenGL® ES 2.0 grade immersive gaming and High Definition (HD) user interfaces a reality on future entry-level and mid-range consumer devices.

Why Mali-300?

Performance

Specifications

Related Products

Resources

The Mali-300 GPU offers a seamless upgrade path from the Mali-200 GPU and draws on the architectural benefits of the higher-end Mali-400 MP GPU, delivering a performance level between the ARM Mali-200 and the scalable multi-core Mali-400 MP embedded graphics solutions.

The Mali-300 GPU provides a complete graphics acceleration platform based on the Khronos™ OpenGL® ES 2.0 open standard for advanced embedded graphics, allowing for the straightforward implementation of an affordable variety of advanced 3D content across all major mobile and embedded platforms. It also offers support for the OpenVG™ 1.1, and OpenGL® ES 1.1, in common with all other ARM Mali GPUs.

More advanced gaming and compelling user interfaces are made possible on screen resolutions up to full HD 1080p with 4x anti-aliasing achieved with minimal decrease in performance. The availability of 8KB of L2 cache reduces bandwidth consumption, which is critical in mobile devices where preserving battery power is a key consideration.

Straightforward application portability and development, as well as the flexibility to seamlessly upgrade to the Mali-400 MP for scalable performance, are enabled through a single driver and application stack. This minimizes the cost of hardware and software development and validation for SOC vendors. This combination of benefits enables high performance and rich user experiences on affordable devices.

*Mali GPUs noted as based on a published Khronos Specification are conformant, or expected to pass the Khronos Conformance Testing Process. Current conformance status can be found at http://www.khronos.org/conformance.

Feature	Value	Description
Frequency	240MHz 395MHz	in 65nm LP in 65nm GP
Throughput	30M tri/s 275Mpix/s to 1.1Gpix/s @ 275MHz	Achievable performance in triangles and pixels per second

Feature

Value

Description

Frequency

240MHz

395MHz

in 65nm LP

in 65nm GP

Throughput

30M tri/s

275Mpix/s to
1.1Gpix/s @ 275MHz

Achievable performance in triangles and pixels per second

Feature	Value	Description
Anti-Aliasing	4xAA	4x Multi-Sampling with virtually no performance drop
Anti-Aliasing	16xAA	16xAA outperforming all implementations of comparable quality
API Support	OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 OpenVG 1.1	Full support for next-generation and legacy 2D/3D graphics applications
Bus Interface	AMBA AXI	Compatible with a wide range of bus interconnect and peripheral IP
L2 Cache	8KB	L2 cache optimized for graphics data traffic
Memory System	MMU	Memory Management Unit

Mali Developer Resources
Deploying graphics applications and content on Mali-300 based systems is greatly eased by the wide range of 3rd party development tools, middleware and demonstration applications
Shader Authoring Tools	Shader Development Studio, Offline Shader Compiler and Shader Library
Performance Analysis Tool	Performance data capture and analyzer for tuning the shader performance
Texture Compression Tool	Compressing textures to reduce system load
User Interface Engine	A rich framework to develop OpenGL ES 2.0 User Interfaces and applications
Asset Conditioning Tool	Conditioning graphics assets to improve the application performance
OpenGL ES 1.1 Emulator	Enabling developers to develop and test their OpenGL ES 1.1 applications ahead of hardware availability
OpenGL ES 2.0 Emulator	Enabling developers to develop and test their OpenGL ES 2.0 applications ahead of hardware availability

Processor IP
ARM1176JZF-S	The highest performance uni-processor in the Classic ARM processor family. Widely licensed for a vast array of applications it is used in today's leading-brand mobile handsets, set-top boxes, digital TVs, high-end photo frames and many other applications.
ARM11 MPCore	This processor was the first to introduce multi-core technology and continues to be licensed for a wide array of applications including mobile handset, navigation devices, and Smartbook applications.
Cortex-A5	The smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of devices: from ultra low cost handsets, feature phones and smart mobile devices, to pervasive embedded, consumer and industrial devices.
Cortex-A8	The ARM Cortex-A8 processor has the ability to scale in speed from 600MHz to greater than 1GHz, meeting the requirements for power-optimized mobile devices needing operation in less than 300mW; and performance-optimized consumer applications requiring 2000 Dhrystone MIPS.
Cortex-A9	Available as either a single core or configurable multicore processor, the Cortex-A9 processor can scale across a wide variety of applications making it an ideal solution for designs requiring high performance in low power or thermally constrained cost-sensitive devices.

System IP
System IP provides the interconnect and peripheral components enable Mali-300 to deliver its full performance potential within energy efficient SoC designs
AMBA AXI Interconnect and Peripherals	System IP generators, level-2 cache control, memory controllers and peripherals compatible with the AMBA AXI standard.

Physical IP
Physical IP Platforms deliver process optimised IP, for best-in-class implementations of the Mali-300 graphics processor at 90 nm, 65 nm and below
Standard Cell Logic Libraries	Available in a variety of different architectures ARM Standard Cell Libraries support a wide performance range for all types of SoC designs. Designers can choose between different libraries and optimize their designs for speed, power and/or area
Memory Compilers and Registers	A broad array of silicon proven SRAM, Register File and ROM memory compilers for all types of SoC designs ranging from performance critical to cost sensitive and low power applications
Interface Libraries	A broad portfolio of silicon-proven Interface IP designed to meet varying system architectures and standards. General Purpose I/O, Specialty I/O, High Speed DDR and Serial Interfaces are optimized to deliver high data throughput performance with low pin counts

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Documentation

Mali GPU Application Optimization Guide