TI extends OMAP 3 family with 45-nm products
To answer handset manufacturers’ diverse requirements in the rapidly-evolving Smartphone and Mobile Internet Device (MID) markets, Texas Instruments has announced that it has extended its popular OMAP 3 family with new 45-nanometer (nm) products. The OMAP36x application processor family allows mobile device manufacturers to reuse their software investment in TI’s popular 65-nm OMAP34x processor family and deliver higher performance computing with lower power consumption.
The OMAP36x family of products will offer a range of performance levels, including speeds up to 1GHz, to address increased high performance needs of the MID market all while delivering the low power consumption required by these battery-powered products. The migration to 45-nm technology will also deliver more affordable solutions for mainstream Smartphones.