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---+!! PortalPlayer

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---++ Introduction

!PortalPlayer is a company that makes a chipset using the same name. They are system-on-chip chips with various peripheral connections and two ARM CPU cores. These are used by various iPods, the iRiver H10 and the Rio Karma, among other devices. As of Jan 5th 2007, !PortalPlayer was acquired by [[http://www.nvidia.com/][NVidia Corporation]]. As a result, the below links to the !PortalPlayer documents are from [[http://www.archive.org/web/web.php][Wayback Machine]] archives. nVidia's first chips based on the !PortalPlayer architecture were named the GoForce series. nVidia's Tegra series also appear to contain traces of this earlier heritage.

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---++ Register Descriptions

Reverse-engineered register descriptions are maintained here:

   * PortalPlayer5002
   * PortalPlayer502x

The nVidia Tegra registers are present in [[https://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/tegra.git;a=tree;f=arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach;hb=HEAD][this]] Android Linux kernel branch, for example: [[https://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/tegra.git;a=blob_plain;f=arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/iomap.h;hb=HEAD][arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/iomap.h]]. A diff of that branch is attached: [[%ATTACHURL%/tegra.patch.bz2][tegra.patch.bz2]]

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---++ Models and Players

---+++ PP5002

   * iPod 1st & 2nd Gen &gt; PP 5002 + Wolfson !WM8721 - IpodPort
   * iPod 3rd Gen &gt; PP 5002 + codec Wolfson !WM8731L - IpodPort
[[http://web.archive.org/web/20061202104706/http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/5002_brief_0108_Public.pdf][5002 Product Briefing]]

---+++ PP5003

   * Rio Karma &gt; PP 5003 + codec Wolfson !WM8721 - RioKarmaPort
[[http://web.archive.org/web/20070218233330/http://portalplayer.com/products/documents/5003_brief_0108_Public.pdf][5003 Product Briefing]]<br /> [[http://gizmodo.com/archives/ogg-on-ipod-why-the-ipod-may-not-have-the-horsepower-for-ogg-015607.php][Interesting tidbit about the PP5003]]

---+++ PP5020

   * iPod 4th Gen &gt; PP 5020 + codec Wolfson !WM8975 - IpodPort
   * iPod Photo/Color/U2 &gt; PP 5020 + codec Wolfson !WM8975 - IpodPort
   * iPod Mini 1st Gen &gt; PP 5020 + codec Wolfson !WM8721- IpodPort
   * iriver H10 5/6/20 GB &gt; PP 5020 + codec Wolfson !WM8731 - IriverH10Port
   * Tatung Elio TPJ-1022 &gt; PP 5020 + codec !WM8731L - ElioTPJ
   * Philips HDD100/120 &gt; PP 5020
   * Samsung YH-925 &gt; PP 5020 + codec AKM !AK4537VN
   * Samsung YH-920 &gt; PP 5020 + codec AKM !AK4537VN - SamsungYH920
   * Samsung YH-820
   * m:robe MR-100 &gt; PP 5020 - OlympusMR100Port
[[http://web.archive.org/web/20061202104042/http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/5020_Brief_0108_Public.pdf][5020 Product Briefing]]

---+++ !PP5021C-TDF

   * iPod Nano 1st Gen &gt; !PP5021C-TDF Wolfson !WM8975G - IpodPort
   * iPod Video 5th Gen &gt; !PP5021C-TDF + video DSP Broadcom BCM2722 + codec Wolfson !WM8758 - IpodPort

---+++ PP5022

Used in the Second Generation iPod Mini and color iPods (20GB and 60GB) manufactured from about August 2005 onwards (Hardware Revision 0x60004). This seems to be software-compatible with the PP5020 - the ipodlinux code doesn't appear to differentiate between the two, and works on both processors.

   * iPod Mini 2nd Gen &gt; PP 5022 + codec Wolfson !WM8721- IpodPort
   * iPod Color &gt; PP 5022 + codec Wolfson !WM8975 - IpodPort
   * Philips !GoGear HDD1630/HDD6320/HDD6330 &gt; PP 5022 + codec Wolfson !WM8731L - GoGearHDD6330
   * Sandisk Sansa c200 series &gt; PP 5022 + codec AustriaMicrosystemsAS3514 - SansaC200Port
[[http://web.archive.org/web/20060908220503/http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/5022_Brief_Mar05.pdf][5022 Product Briefing]]

---+++ PP5024

   * Sandisk Sansa e200 series &gt; PP 5024 - SansaE200Port
   * Packard Bell Vibe 360 &gt; PP 5024
   * Philips !GoGear SA9200 &gt; PP 5024 - GoGearSA9200info
[[http://web.archive.org/web/20060707072303/http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/5024_Brief_Mar05.pdf][5024 Product Briefing]]

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---++ mi4 file format

The FileFormatMI4 seems to be used for non-iPod !PortalPlayer devices.

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---++ Notes

   * Some info taken from this article: http://forum.mp3store.pl/index.php?showtopic=14695.
   * Product briefings are also attached to this page.

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r24 - 07 Jun 2010 - 19:13:25 - RobertKeevil
Parents: OtherTargets