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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by alias_neo on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:00AM (#22254325)
Hopefully the open/free nature means it'll be cheaper to integrate into lower end ARM IPs so that is not just the flagship Snapdragon and Exynos chips that offer AV1

Getting it into the hands of the top 5 Samsung devices would probably cover a significant market share (not to mention getting it into all Apple phones/tablets).

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by ksec on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:21AM (#22254700)
>it'll be cheaper to integrate into

It is not like the hardware part of the die is free. AV1 has comparatively higher decoding requirement even in hardware.

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by alias_neo on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:04AM (#22257064)
Indeed. I imagine some older codecs could be dropped though, and the cost saved on IP should offset it. I'm not sure what the comparative silicon size might be though so I can't speculate.
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