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TI's OMAP™ Platform Enables High-Performance Wireless Applications For Next Generation Mobile Devices
Wireless data is here today
New mobile devices, which will enable far more than voice-only communications, will allow users to enjoy an enhanced experience and the convenience of real-time applications. Consumers will access a broad range of services wirelessly, such as streaming video and audio, interactive gaming, security, location-based services and mobile commerce, in a sleek, wireless device. For example, mobile devices will enable users to quickly and easily download an interactive map illustrating how to get from the users exact location to the nearest movie theater, view a video clip and hear reviews of the movies at theater, while securely purchasing tickets instantaneously. TI's OMAP™ platform makes this possible.
TI's OMAP platform lays the foundation for enhanced wireless applications and services
Manufacturers, carriers, operating system (OS) vendors and applications developers are aggressively working toward delivering next generation (2.5G and 3G) applications and services, and TI supports all of them with the OMAP platform, a highly advanced processing architecture for mobile Internet devices. This platform, a highly advanced processing architecture, sits at the core of wireless devices capable of supporting any 2.5 and 3G wireless air interface standards and applications that make the Internet truly portable and convenient, without compromising critical battery life.
TI's DSP-based OMAP1510 application processor leverages the OMAP architecture, which is based on TI's ultra low-power TMS320C55x™ DSP core and a TI-enhanced ARM general-purpose processor. This DSP-based OMAP processing engine enables enhanced application performance without compromising memory or battery life since DSPs provide an unsurpassed combination of performance and low power consumption, particularly for higher end applications, such as graphic-intensive video and 3D image rendering. The OMAP1510 also includes an optimized software architecture, which enables designers to easily leverage dual-processing and its seamless software foundation, including the OMAP DSP/BIOS Bridge, providing standard application programming interfaces (APIs) allowing software developers easy access to DSP multimedia algorithms.
TI also offers its OMAP710 processor, a highly integrated solution for 2.5G devices that supports enhanced data and voice applications. The OMAP710 processor is the first to combine a dedicated applications processor and a complete GPRS modem on single piece of silicon, bringing optimal system cost, power and performance for mid-range applications such as mixed multimedia messaging, Internet audio downloads, video clip playbacks and over the air synchronization with electronic address books or calendars. Offering significant development reuse and the ability to upgrade to future generation OMAP processors, the OMAP710 enables developers to optimize their software for the code compatible OMAP1510 processor to leverage the DSP for enhanced application performance. The OMAP710 is based on TI's popular TMS320C54x DSP technology and TI-enhanced ARM processors.
TI's OMAP architecture provides an open development environment that's fast becoming the de facto standard by handset manufacturers and applications developers
TI's open OMAP architecture provides carriers, handset manufacturers and application developers access to all 2.5 and 3G wireless markets, including GSM/GPRS/WCDMA, the clear standards leader with more than 70 percent of the worldwide marketshare.
Top handset manufacturers, such as Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, Sendo and HTC have publicly announced support for TI's OMAP architecture. In addition, leading OS vendors, including Symbian, Microsoft, Palm and Sun Microsystems, have endorsed the OMAP architecture, providing millions of Symbian, Windows CE and Java programmers the ability to develop higher performance applications for 2.5 and 3G mobile devices.
By supporting leading high-level OS and software platforms, the OMAP platform enables a large network of software developers to provide a broad range of cool, new applications for mobile devices. To support this effort, TI has established the OMAP Developers Network to provide developers the tools and support needed for rapid application development, plus the opportunity to collaborate with a range of other developers designing applications such as multimedia, security, speech, location based services, mobile commerce, gaming and much more.
In addition, TI is investing up to $100 million to help software developers accelerate the creation and deployment of next generation, OMAP-enhanced wireless applications. The OMAP Investment Program will target investments in software developers and technology partners who want to create new software and hardware technology for OMAP-compatible devices.
Wireless services are becoming a reality, and developers, such as PacketVideo, Real Networks, Windows Media, GeoVector, Beatnik, Ismap, Purplesoft, Safenet, Ntru, Authentec and others, have chosen to base new applications on the OMAP architecture. In the end, this means higher-performance, low-power mobile devices that provide a myriad of applications and services for the consumer.
TI's OMAP architecture is available today
TI began shipping OMAP processor prototypes in 4Q 2000, and is delivering products to leading customers today. The first end products using TI's OMAP processors are scheduled to be available in early 2002.
For more information about TI's OMAP architecture, please visit www.ti.com/sc/omap.
For more information about TI's Developer Network, a list of OMAP Developers and demos of next-generation applications, please visit http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/apps/omap/developer.htm.
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