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TI OMAP 5 reference platform packs a graphical punch

posted by Victor H. / Jun 18, 2012, 5:21 AM

TI OMAP 5 reference platform packs a graphical punch

The way we experience a smartphone, we usually focus on the software platform, but the real backbone of every device remains the hardware and we can’t hide our excitement when looking at the future of mobile chips, such as this latest demonstration of the Texas Instruments’ OMAP 5 chip.

The TI OMAP 5 focuses on great graphical performance, and a demonstration showcasing its visual prowess is running on Android skinned with SPB’s 3D Shell. A 3D carousel of active screens is spinning around smoothly with a mirrored display showing 1080p video at 60 fps, and if that’s not too impressive for you, imagine that you could have this same chip in your car beam different HD movies to the backseat screens and maps to your main driver’s display.

Another device runs benchmarks showing how a tablet with TI OMAP 5 outperforms the “market leader” (cough, iPad, cough?) by more than 10%. All of that and others are demonstrated below. And here are the technical details of what the new platform offers:

- 28nm manufactured chips

- dual-core Cortex A15 setup

- two PowerVR SGX544MP graphics cores

The real question however is when do we see this in real devices and the answer seems to be the very near future. Texas Instruments is planning to have the chip in gizmos by the end of the year.

source: SlashGear

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19 Comments

1. aaronkatrini

Posts: 242; Member since: Jun 06, 2012

We don't want it in our cars. We want it in our smarphones. And we want it Now!!

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 5:27 AM 9

7. thelegend6657 unregistered

Why not ? Hope it powered the next BMW iDrive as this one although better than the last still isnt really snappy enough for me and visual effects like HTC Sense should be nice

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 7:39 AM 0

16. aaronkatrini

I see you want to get naughty on the car mr.horny :P

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 12:12 PM 0

2. GuiltyBystander

Posts: 199; Member since: Mar 05, 2012

Awesome.

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 5:48 AM 4

3. hung2900

Posts: 966; Member since: Mar 02, 2012

I expect to see how true dual Cortex A15 outperforms dual core Krait of Snapdragon S4 and proves that Krait architechture is not "similar to Cortex A15"

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 5:58 AM 4

4. AbhiD

Posts: 606; Member since: Apr 06, 2012

At that time quad core KRAIT would be in many devices beating the heck out of dual core OMAP 5. P.S - u r right abt the fact that cotex A15 is better than KRAIT

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 6:33 AM 0

8. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

KRAIT is having manufacturing problems like crazy, and now you have Apple taking a large chunk of the 28nm development for their LTE Chips. HTC is already switching krait out for older S3 chips just to keep selling phones. Krait is all but dead in the water for many devices other than the American SGS3. If other chips could do american LTE, krait would be dead already.

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 8:46 AM 2

11. ahhxd717

Posts: 332; Member since: Dec 08, 2011

Wow, you really hate Qualcomm lol

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 9:22 AM 2

15. remixfa

calling the play on the field is not "hating" anyone.. its simply calling the play on the field.

posted on Jun 18, 2012, 11:50 AM 2

12. ngo2dd

Posts: 896; Member since: Jul 08, 2011

The TI OMAP5 will have the same problem because it is base on the 28 nm. You are pretty fun how you say it dead in the water when all the 28 nm will have the problem. TI use TSMC too, so the shortage will be for all chips base on the 28 nm