The series initially includes the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 processors and introduces a new, energy-efficient 64-bit processing technology, as well as extending existing 32-bit processing.

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Its exceptionally sophisticated 10-bit video digital signal processing provides for adaptive de-interlacing of both SD and HD sources, edge enhancement without ringing, and uniquely adaptive noise reduction, as well as extensive color and grey level calibration.

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Additionally, the TV's picture engine employs multi-frame analysis to help create missing resolution, and Sony's Super Bit Mapping technology incorporates 14 bit up-scaling, processing and pixel mapping to smooth gradation and improve the quality of low-tone pictures.

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Each core individually supports single cycle ARM NEON 128- bit vectors for software based media processing applications.

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So far, timing on those forms in light of the processing errors is still a bit fuzzy.

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One bit of the world I know a good deal about is the mining and processing of various minor metals.

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The problem is that there was a previous plant there (processing material from the local tin ores) which left quite a bit of radioactive residue around the place.

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The two 50-minute online test sessions assessed "the old spreadsheet, word-processing and presentation applications which I was teaching 15 years ago, plus a bit of e-mail".

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