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| Mistral Announces Customized Software and Hardware Solutions for TI's OMAP35x Applications Processor Mistral is now geared up to provide customized hardware and software solutions for the OMAP35x platform from Texas Instruments (TI). TI's OMAP3503 device is the industry's first broadly available superscalar applications processor to integrate the ARM Cortex -A8 core delivering a 4x performance gain over ARM9-based processors. The OMAP3503 combines multimedia-rich peripherals with high-performance productivity at handheld power levels. Mistral worked closely with TI on the OMAP3503 evaluation module (EVM), a low cost and easy-to-use development platform that is available through TI. The OMAP3503 EVM is an ideal software development and device prototyping platform for users to get started on their multimedia-based applications and devices. The OMAP3503 EVM will power the design of next-generation applications that will integrate advanced user interfaces and web browsing capabilities ideal for embedded gaming devices, portable video and music players, personal medical monitoring equipment and portable navigation systems. The EVM is designed with a modular and extendable architecture and will also support future OMAP35x processors. Due to its scalability, the EVM offers a smooth migration path for our existing users of the OMAP2530 EVM by simply changing the processor module on the OMAP2530 EVM. This allows users to easily harness the performance and power benefits of the OMAP3503 processor at minimal cost. Mistral's customized offerings on the OMAP3503 platform include hardware board design, reference designs, driver development, board support packages, codecs and system integration. These solutions will facilitate developers in leveraging the outstanding benefits of the OMAP3503 processor, which include faster user interfaces, faster data access, multi-standard (MPEG-4, H.264, Windows Media Video, RealVideo, etc.) encode and decode at DVD resolutions among others. Mistral's latest offerings on the OMAP35x platform will be showcased at the TI Developer Conference (TIDC) held in Dallas, Texas from February 26-28, 2008, and also at Embedded Systems Conference, Silicon Valley, California from April 15-17, 2008. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |