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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: OMAP5912
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2004
Dual-core processor for portable data
terminals
Delivering critical technology to the portable data terminals market, Texas Instruments has released the OMAP5912 processor, a heterogeneous digital signal processor plus ARM device.
Delivering critical technology to the portable data terminals (PDT) market, Texas Instruments has released the OMAP5912 processor, a heterogeneous digital signal processor (DSP) plus ARM device This processor is optimised for portable data terminal (PDT) applications requiring high-performance signal processing capabilities as well as high-level application support via multiple operating systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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TI's OMAP59xx processors are uniquely positioned to meet customers' growing demand for real-time, high-level applications and security connectivity needs in the PDT market.
This is accomplished by providing real-time capabilities, high-performance data processing and transfer acceleration of multimedia or analysis results, plus offering the industry's only embedded hardware encryption engine delivering required security features, all at the lowest power possible.
The new OMAP5912 combines signal and application processing in a single device by seamlessly integrating an ARM9 processor with a real-time, power-efficient TI TMS320C55xT DSP including PDT-focused peripherals such as USB on the go and a dual camera interface.
Developers can optimally partition tasks between the ARM9 and DSP for increased performance, while building on the vast software offerings of the OMAP platform, reducing design complexity and time-to-market, as well as increasing developer productivity and enabling more cost-effective design.
The new OMAP5912 chips complement the widely adopted family of stand-alone TI OMAPT applications processors and highly integrated chips combining application and digital baseband processors optimised for handsets and PDAs.
The OMAP5912 includes a feature-rich peripheral set optimised for the PDT market, including: USB on the go, for robust data transfer; display capability, to graphically capture and manipulate the data with different display technologies and sizes; dual camera interface, for secondary display/capture capability; 30% faster processing performance than the previous OMAP59xx device; a standard interface for multiple input devices for development familiarity; and a hardware encryption engine for needed security.
With support for a variety of high-level operating systems, including Microsoft Windows CE, Linux, Integrity, QNX, Nucleus, VxWorks and TI's own DSP/BIOS, the OMAP5912 can run multiple application threads and efficiently manage interprocessor communications, providing the comprehensive platform that PDT developers need to create cost-competitive devices for their end cu stomers.
TI's OMAP Technology Centres (OTCs) will be delivering development support through hardware, software and system integration expertise.
TI plans to offer technology based on the OMAP59xx processors to meet specifications required by key segments of the PDT market.
Announcements by TI and our partners in the coming months will disclose details of system-level offerings in the portable medical, asset and inventory management and POS spaces, as well as new OMAP development tools from TI.
Samples of the OMAP5912 processor are available now with production volume slated for 2Q 2004.
Packaged in a ZZG (12 x 12mm, 0.5mm pitch) or ZDY (19 x 19mm, 1.0mm pitch) package, the device is $33.47 in 10,000-unit quantities.
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