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TI Extends High-Level Operating System Expertise With Linux* Support on OMAP* Wireless Platform
URL(s): www.ti.com/sc/omap
DALLAS (Oct. 9, 2001) -- Addressing the changing market dynamics of
applications developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Texas
Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its OMAP*
wireless architecture will support the Linux* operating system. This effort
extends the reach of the OMAP platform into the open source community to
deliver embedded solutions for 2.5 and 3G mobile devices.
(See: www.ti.com/sc/omap)
"Linux's reliability, flexibility and ease of use combined with TI's highly
advanced OMAP architecture will be an attractive solution for developers
creating applications for mobile Internet devices," said Paul Werp, TI's
OMAP platform marketing manager. "This extends our commitment to support
high-level operating systems, enabling developers to design applications on
a platform they are familiar with today."
Linux developers can now program applications in a familiar Linux
environment with quick porting to the OMAP architecture, which allows
seamless access to the low power and high performance of TI's market-leading
digital signals processors (DSPs). Developers creating multimedia
applications, including digital audio, streaming media, speech recognition
and m-commerce, will benefit from the real-time functionality of TI's DSPs,
which provide an unsurpassed combination of performance and low power
consumption, particularly for higher end applications. In addition, the OMAP
DSP/BIOS Bridge provides standard application programming interfaces (APIs)
that give wireless application developers quick and easy access to DSP
multimedia algorithms.
Linux developers also will benefit from fast upstart, with TI's robust
silicon design environment and Linux operating systems such as RidgeRun's
DSPLinux*. TI has selected RidgeRun, the software developer of the DSPLinux
operating system, to provide direct customer support of the Linux operating
system with specific enhancements to take advantage of the OMAP platform's
real-time multimedia capabilities.
DSPLinux offers a comprehensive development environment, which includes an
optimized Linux kernel, reference product implementations, appliance
simulators, and GNUbased ARM tools.
"TI's expertise in DSPs and wireless technology coupled with RidgeRun's
DSPLinux solution will enable our customers to bring their mobile devices to
market quickly," said Pat Sewall, president of RidgeRun. "RidgeRun supports
the OMAP platform and offers DSPLinux for smart phone and wireless PDA
devices." TI's family of OMAP processors delivers the performance and power
efficiency manufacturers require for next generation real-time
communications-based appliances. TI's leading OMAP platform technology
enables as much as four times the system performance of competing solutions
and consumes as little as one-fourth the power.
The OMAP architecture has become the de facto standard for 2.5 and 3G
wireless devices. Leading OEMs including Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, Sendo, HTC
and several others have selected the OMAP platform for their next generation
wireless handsets and advanced mobile Internet devices. A broad range of
leading software developers are currently creating wireless applications for
next-generation mobile devices on the OMAP platform and belong to TI's OMAP
Developers Network, a comprehensive group of independent software vendors
writing 2.5 and 3G applications for leading high-level operating systems.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal
processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the
Internet age. The company's businesses also include sensors and controls,
and educational and productivity solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas,
Texas, and has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at:
RidgeRun can be reached at www.ridgerun.com or by e-mail to
info@ridgerun.com
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