MOMA Mobile Gaming Console Reference Design

The MOMA Mobile Gaming Console is the world's most powerful and feature-rich portable gaming device, combining instant support for thousands of existing PC games with integrated wireless support and rich digital media entertainment playback capabilities that enable you to enjoy your favorite games, video, music, and photos wherever you happen to be.

Developed by Ministry of Mobile Affairs (MoMA), the Mobile Gaming Console is based on the VIA Grace Platform comprising leading edge ultra-low power components and highly advanced hardware security features and features a stylish and ergonomics industrial design by the world-renowned Meyerhoffer Studios.

For more information on Ministry of Mobile Affairs please go to: www.ministrymobile.com

For more information on Meyerhoffer Studios please go to: www.meyerhoffer.com

Functionality & Performance

Powered by the VIA Eden-N processor and VIA CN400 digital media chipset, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console delivers unprecedented levels of gaming and entertainment application performance in a handheld device form factor. Highlights include:

» Compelling PC Gaming Experience
The robust 2D/3D graphics engine in the S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics Core (IGP) enables a compelling PC gaming experience at resolutions of up to 640x480 on the device's 4" TFT screen.

» Rich Visual Entertainment Experience
Hardware MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 acceleration in the Chromotion CE Visual Display Engine ensures a rich visual experience when viewing films, videos, recorded TV shows, and photos in all the most popular file digital media formats, such as including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, wmv, avi, wma, and mp3.

» Immersive Audio Experience
With support for up to six channels, VIA Vinyl Audio delivers exceptional output quality through headphones or external speakers when listening to music, watching films, and playing games.

» High Capacity Storage
With its 20GB Hard Disk Drive, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console provides ample space for storing an extensive library of PC game applications and entertainment content such as recorded TV programs, movies, home videos, music, and photos.

» Secure & Convenient Online Gaming Downloads
With its integrated wireless support, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console delivers high speed connections to the GameDweller Network for fast and secure file downloads and on-line multiplayer gaming.

» Superior Connectivity
With two USB2.0 ports and CompactFlash Type II slot, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console can be easily connected to a PC, notebook, or home server, plus a wide variety of peripherals such as digital cameras and digital video cameras for the installation of gaming applications and rapid data transfers.

» PC Extendibility
With the installation of an external USB keyboard and mouse, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console further extends its functionality by being able to run a number of PC applications such as web browsing and word processing.

Small Size

The small size advantage of devices such as the GameBoy or N-Gage is counter-balanced by their inevitably small, relatively low-resolution screen that limits the quality of games and makes for an inferior video playback experience. While still fairly compact, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console integrates a larger 4" TFT LCD screen, allowing it to fit easily into a knapsack or carry-bag yet enabling a higher quality visual experience for gaming or watching movies.

Stylish Yet Practical Design

The duality of the sleek Meyerhoffer design makes a sophisticated style statement while lending itself for highly practical multi-purpose usage. Compared to a notebook, MOMA offers a far superior ease-of-use experience in mobile environments, not suffering from the clumsiness and weight factors often associated with notebooks, as well as their lack of ergonomics in non-flat surface applications such as, ironically, upon one's lap. At the same time, the balanced case design of the MOMA Console enables it to stand independently on a flat surface such as the table on the back of an airplane or train seat.

New Mobile Gaming & Entertainment Experiences

With its ability to play an extensive range of PC games and video, music, and photography file formats, the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console opens up exciting possibilities for compelling new mobile gaming and entertainment experiences, including:

» Enjoying online multiplayer games over a wireless network from the comfort of a coffee shop or living room sofa

» Transferring a recorded TV program from the hard drive of a DVR, Set Top Box, or Media Center PC to the MOMA Mobile Gaming Console so that it can be viewed on the morning commute to work.

» Storing favorite TV episodes or films on the console hard drive so that the kids can watch them on a long car journey.

» Saving collections of family photos and home video files on the console, so that these digital memories can be conveniently shared with relatives, friends, and colleagues.

MOMA Mobile Gaming Console Key Components

System
» 533 MHz Eden-N Processor
» 133MHz Bus
» SSE and MMX instruction Set support
» 128MB DDR266 SDRAM
» High-Performance 64-bit DDR SDRAM Controller
» 20GB Hard Drive - Data transfer rates of up to 133 MB/s

Graphics
» VIA CN400 Digital Media Chipset - Integrates S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro Graphics Core
» 200Mhz Graphics Engine Clock
» 128-bit 3D Graphics Engine o Pixel rate up to 200 million pixels per second, 2 textures each
  - Triangle rate up to 4.5 million triangles per second
  - Microsoft DirectX 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 compatible
  - Microsoft DirectX Texture Compression (DXTC, S3TC)
  - OpenGL™ Support
  - Z-bias, LOD-bias, Polygon Offset, Edge Anti-aliasing and Alpha Blending
  - Specular Lighting
» MPEG2 & MPEG4 Hardware decoding

Audio
» VIA Vinyl Six-channel Audio
» Full Immerzio™ Gaming support
  - EAX® 1.0, EAX® 2.0
  - DirectSound3D®
  - I3DL2™
  - A3D® 1.0

LCD Display
The MOMA Mobile Gaming Console integrates a 4", 640x480 TFT LCD screen. In supporting up to 640x480 resolutions, the MOMA Console can easily play all PC games natively.

Hard Drive
The MOMA Console includes a single 1.8" 20GB hard drive for storing the OS and the game data. This is sufficient to store a large library of games and digital media content. This is transferred to the system either via wireless LAN or by USB2.0 pass-through to a PC.

Batteries
Prismatic Lithium-Ion batteries are the current favorite choice for the console. Two packs of batteries are provided so that the batteries can be hot-swapped for continuous, uninterrupted play.

Port List
The ports that are user-accessible on the MOMA Console include:
» Power jack (DC barrel type)
» 2x USB 2..0 jacks (Type A host style)
» 1x Compact FLASH type II slot
» 2x battery slots (as specified as handgrips)
» 1x smartcard card slot (15mm x 1mm slot)
» 2x 1/8” stereo jack for headphones out & microphone in
» 1x 1/8” stereo jack for composite video out
» 802.11b wireless LAN

Button List
» D-pad (WASD)
» L/R triggers
» Cluster of 4 action buttons
» Line of 6 auxiliary function buttons

Resources

	Mobilizing the World of x86-Based Games and Multimedia Entertainment VIA and MoMA mobile gaming console press release
	MOMA Mobile Gaming Console image kit (hi-res) / MOMA Mobile Gaming Console image kit (low-res)