TI's OMAP4470 Application Processor: Everything About User Experience

Mobile with up to QXGA display resolution, HD UI, and 2x improved web browsing performance
New OMAP™ 4 platform processors setting a new standard in computing

TI Korea (CEO Jaejin Kim, www.ti.com/ww/kr ) June 3, 2011 – Building on the success of the existing OMAP™ 4 platform family, TI announced the power-efficient OMAP4470 application processor. This new application processor is designed to perfectly harmonize processing performance, graphics, display subsystem functionality, and multilayer user interface (UI) configuration.

The multicore OMAP4470 processor delivers significantly superior performance compared to other products currently on the market, featuring a clock speed of up to 1.8GHz, 80% improved web browsing performance, enhanced memory bandwidth, 2.5x higher graphics performance via Imagination Technologies' POWERVR™ SGX544 core, and a unique hardware synthesis engine. The enhanced performance of the OMAP4470 processor can be effectively utilized in mobile computing and gaming applications running operating systems such as Android, Linux, and the new version of Microsoft Windows. In addition, customers who have designed ultra-thin laptops, tablets, and smartphones based on the existing OMAP 4 processor will be able to shorten time-to-market by reusing their existing designs as much as possible, as pin-to-pin hardware and software compatibility is available.

"For superior mobile computing, user experience is paramount. Fast and crisp web browsing, HD and fluid UI, and support for the latest apps are key factors consumers consider when purchasing devices. The OMAP4470 processor enables the best possible user experience using an unrivaled, highly power-efficient architecture," said Remi El-Ouazzane, Vice President of TI's OMAP Platform Business Unit.

Realistic HD UI
By adopting an advanced graphics architecture, the OMAP4470 supports resolutions up to QXGA (2048x1536), enabling customers to utilize future-leading display technologies. In addition, this new application processor supports up to three HD screens simultaneously and enables the implementation of superior HD UIs by providing layered image and video compositing capabilities that are twice as effective as competing solutions—features required for the sophisticated UIs of next-generation operating systems. It consists of a dedicated 2D graphics core, a highly sophisticated display subsystem, and dual-channel LPDDR2 memory.