TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering improved video performance that is up to four times better than the company’s previously produced processor, the OMAP2420.
The company said the OMAP2430 isn’t in full production yet, but it expects the processor to provide balance between multimedia performance, flexibility, power and cost, giving users a higher quality video experience on mobile phones.
In addition, TI said it has developed a companion device to the OMAP2430, the TWL4030, which enables lower power and smaller phone designs.
“With the new OMAP2430 processor, TI delivers customers the ultimate performance and power efficiency at an even lower cost,” said Alain Mutricy, vice president and general manager of Cellular Systems in Wireless Terminals at TI. “This increase in performance allows handset manufacturers to bring the entertainment center to the handset creating more compelling products.”
TI said production of the OMAP2430 is scheduled for third quarter of 2006.
The company also announced it has jointly developed a cost-competitive 3G, multimode UMTS chipset with NTT DoCoMo Inc. aimed to serve the worldwide 3G handset market. TI said the OMAPV2230 is an integrated digital baseband processor based on TI’s GSM/GPRS technology and NTT DoCoMo’s W-CDMA technology.
“The new OMAPV2230 solution will help NTT DoCoMo expand its 3G FOMA subscriber base by offering more affordable 3G handsets with the most advanced multimedia applications allowing a richer user experience with mobile digital TV, music and gaming,” said Koji Chiba, managing director of Customer Equipment Development at NTT DoCoMo. “With our combined best-in-class systems expertise, NTT DoCoMo and TI have developed the cost-efficient OMAPV2230 to drive widespread adoption of 3G phones delivering high-performance multimedia applications.”
TI said manufacturers are designing handsets based on the OMAPV2230 solution, and the company expects products to be on the market in 2006.
