Three new OMAP35x devices deliver laptop-like performance and HD content
Based on the first broad offering of the Cortex-A8, the OMAP35x devices are the industry's highest performance, generally available ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC). With up to 1200 Dhrystone million instructions per second (MIPS), developers are inspired and challenged to invent a wide breadth of next-generation applications, such as robotics and mobile vehicle monitoring products with advanced graphical user interfaces (GUIs), real-time video encode and decode up to high-definition (HD) video levels. The low power levels of the OMAP35x devices not only address battery-powered and portable devices in which days of battery life are needed, but also products driven to be more ecologically friendly.
"The performance, power efficiency and multimedia capabilities provided by the OMAP35x processors make it a clear choice for the next generation of Gumstix(TM) products, overo(TM), which will debut in Q4 2008," said Dr. W. Gordon Kruberg, president and CEO, Gumstix, Inc. "The combination of experience, design skills and technologies from Gumstix and TI will provide open source innovators a leading Gumstix development environment and volume deployment solution."
The three newly available OMAP35x devices feature combinations of OpenGL(R) ES 2.0 graphics engine, video accelerators and TMS320C64x+(TM) DSP core to fit a customer's portfolio of products. The OMAP3515 device features Imagination's PowerVR(TM) SGX graphics engine enabling developers to integrate enhanced smart user interfaces with photo-realistic graphics on embedded gaming or simple portable navigation devices. The OMAP3525 device featuring DaVinci technology has a C64x+ DSP and video-centric peripherals for HD video in multimedia driven products. For sleeker and light devices, the OMAP3530 device combines the ARM, DSP, graphics engine and peripherals to enable performance-hungry, power-efficient designs with gaming-quality graphics. In addition, TI's suite of low-power audio codecs, amplifiers and power management solutions complement the OMAP35x devices to provide the largest worldwide support network for the fastest time to market ( http://www.ti.com/audio).
Pricing and availability
The OMAP3503, OMAP3515, OMAP3525 and OMAP3530 applications processors are now available in 100 units for $25.95, $29.23, $43.49 and $48.34 respectively at http://www.ti.com. The TMDXEVM3503 is available for $1495. The Zoom Medical OMAP35x Development Kit (TMDXMEVM3503-L) is available for $995.
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