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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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