TI Announces New, Faster OMAP Processors
Texas Instruments today unveiled five new OMAP processors, that increase the performance of advanced applications that include graphics, multimedia, and Java. OMAP processors are compatible with the Palm OS among other platforms, the Palm Tungsten T uses a TI OMAP processor. The new processors will enable, smaller, more secure and more economical devices with longer battery life and faster multimedia applications.
"TI has coupled what we have learned from our customers with more than twelve years of wireless systems know how, to reach the next level of performance with five new OMAP processors," said Alain Mutricy, TI vice president and OMAP platform general manager. "These new processors deliver significant improvements in wireless application performance -- including the industry's first implementation of wireless hardware security providing the most secure mode for wireless transactions."
The chips allow speed increases as much as 8x while reducing standby current as much as 10x in wireless handsets and PDAs. The new chips boost accelerated multimedia performance, 2D graphics apps will run up to 2.5x faster than previous chips. Security algorithms are processed up to 90x faster while power consumption is reduced, thanks to the OMAP platform's hardware accelerators.
Power management capabilities have been significantly improved,TI has introduced a "extreme deep sleep mode," that draws less than 10 micro-Amperes (uA) of current, 10x less than the standby power drain of previous generation processors.
The new OMAP devices are software-compatible with the previous OMAP1510, OMAP310 and OMAP710 processors. The OMAP730 and OMAP732 integrate a TI GSM/GPRS modem baseband subsystem with a dedicated application processor on a single chip. Samples of the OMAP1610, OMAP1611 and OMAP730 devices are expected to be available in the first quarter of 2003. The new processors are based on TI's industry leading 0.13-micron process technology. Production volumes of all five processors are scheduled to be available in the fourth quarter of 2003.
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RE: Thanks Ryan
RE: Thanks Ryan
Note that the OMAP 1611 has a dedicated WLAN (801.11g) IO port; and the OMAP 1612 has 32 MB of stacked DDR SDRAM included in the package.
Just a little spelling error
Thomas
Check out the Palm Tungsten|T review at www.comp-talk.co.uk
RE: Just a little spelling error
"The new chips boost accelarated multimedia performance"
"Accelerated" is correct, unless that's some new swizzled term.
Pathetic when the majority of the first comments are not about the story, but the typing.
Ho Hum.
Ick
RE: Just a little spelling error
RE: Just a little spelling error
xolstis
Dragonball MXL
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Ben Combee, CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead
Programming help at www.palmoswerks.com
No upgrade possible?
But this is interesting news. Probably means that we will see Palms using the new processors somewhere around 1-2Q 2004 .
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pauleyc
RE: Dear Palm: Dump TI, Choose INTEL
I think Palm SG will choose the chips that provide the best combination of power usage, capabilities, and price, and I'm glad the Palm OS platform can be scaled across the board from the Dragonball MXL, to the OMAP chips, to Intel's XScale chips, allowing a whole garden of devices all optimized for their market segments.
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Ben Combee, CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead
Programming help at www.palmoswerks.com
RE: OMAP??
Tony Cheung
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With great power comes great responsiblity.
TCPA?
...this sounds curiously like hardware for TCPA (encryption accelerators). I wonder... it would be an interesting development. AFAIK there are no mobile processors (meant for phones or handhelds) that support TCPA yet.
OMAP for MP3s?
RE: OMAP for MP3s?
Here's what Palm has posted on its website last month,
http://www.palm.com/support/tungstent/real.html
Cheers,
Tony Cheung
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With great power comes great responsiblity.
RE: OMAP for MP3s?
aeroplayer supports ogg/vorbis and mp2 - http://palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=46149
this one does the same thing basically - http://palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=45900
How 'bout a new BeOS gui to go with the new proc's?
Too bad Palm is wedded to GSM/GPRS. Any hope of Palm adding CDMA to its repertoire?
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David
RE: How 'bout a new BeOS gui to go with the new proc's?
This probably is in the T2
Leaked info on the new T2 says speed is 200+ mhz with lower power consumption and the new transflective screen. Definately no VG as shown in http://www.pumb.org/viewtopic.php?t=27584
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