Dear gdichaz--May I assist you w/ your TXN question
It seems that TXN intends to supply NOK and probably others in the Symbiam alliance a 0.15 micron CMOS chip that includes both an ARM 130MHZ RISC CPU and an embedded 329 MIPS DSP. This will run the EPOC OS and provide other capibilities currently unavailable.
Thursday May 27, 6:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Announces a DSP-Based
Open Multimedia Application Platform to be Used in Next
Generation Wireless Products
Nokia has Chosen TI's DSP-based Open Multimedia Application Platform to
Make Future Mobile Multimedia Applications a Reality
NICE, France, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated (NYSE: TXN - news)
announced today that Nokia (NYSE: NOK - news) has chosen TI's digital signal processor (DSP)-based
Open Multimedia Application Platform to be used with Nokia's future Wireless Information Devices
(WIDs). This platform will be optimized to run Symbian's EPOC technology. TI's open multimedia
application platform is a flexible hardware and software platform that will offer the increased processing
power required by advanced and future WIDs. This platform will also take into account the low power
consumption required by WIDs, such as communicators and media phones.
''We are excited by the opportunities enabled by our DSP technology in this field. TI expertise in
processors optimized for Wireless Communications end-equipment, combined with our technological
leadership, is opening up new frontiers in wireless applications,'' said Gilles Delfassy, Vice President, TI,
Worldwide Wireless Communications.
TI estimates that within five years the worldwide market for the advanced wireless information devices
that can be enabled by TI DSP technology will reach 15 percent of the total digital cellular phone market.
This represents annual revenues of more than a billion dollars for the DSP solution alone.
By integrating TI's platform into future wireless products, Nokia will be able to offer extensive
data-hungry services such as audio and video-based applications in pocket-sized mobile devices in
addition to mobile Internet access mobile commerce and mobile banking.
''Nokia will deploy this technology into its future Wireless Information Devices, and believes that the
commitment and combined top-expertise of TI, Nokia and Symbian will provide an attractive base for
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and DSP software developers. We are happy to ensure that all the
building blocks are coming together in devices that will provide consumers with a totally new set of
attractive services, such as multimedia messaging and video on the move,'' said Yrjo Neuvo, Senior Vice
President, Product Creation, Nokia Mobile Phones.
''The convergence of communications and computing has given birth to a new market for Wireless
Information Devices. TI's technology will provide an excellent base to build products and development
boards well adapted to Symbian's EPOC technology,'' said Jeremy Copp, Vice President, Partner
Management, Symbian.
TI will also make this platform available to other OEMs and third party developers to stimulate the growth
of new applications in the wireless data market using Symbian's EPOC technology and to accelerate
synergy around the open multimedia application platform. TI will support this platform with development
chips, a software development kit and clearly defined Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The
APIs will be open and can be implemented by other vendors to ensure an attractive DSP accelerated
multimedia environment for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).
This is the first time that TI will offer an embedded DSP -- at 320MIPS -- combined with an ARM RISC
processor -- at 130MHz -- and high-speed dedicated logic-blocks on a single-chip, using 0.15 micron
effective CMOS process technology. The new offering will provide software developers with a wealth of
capabilities until now unavailable. On the hardware side, TI's DSP-based open multimedia application
platform is a complete set of building blocks consisting of complex megacells and peripherals which are
characterized so that they may easily be connected and merged with a customer's own blocks.
Explained TI's Delfassy: ''Providing application developers with such powerful processing capability on a
single chip, in a design development environment they are familiar with, allows them to design new, high
quality applications that will be able to run simultaneously. For consumers this kind of chip integration
means these future wireless applications information will be available at affordable prices and the
low-power consumption level demanded by these portable devices.''
A preliminary tool set is now available for software designers to begin implementing applications.
Customer design can start as early as this year for silicon samples next year.
More information about TI's wireless products can be found on the World Wide Web at
ti.com.
About TI
The worldwide leader and pioneer in digital signal processing solutions since 1982, Texas Instruments
provides innovative DSP and mixed signal/analog technologies to more than 30,000 customers in the
computer, wireless communications, networking, Internet, consumer, digital motor control and mass
storage markets worldwide. To help customers get to market faster, TI offers easy-to-use development
tools and extensive software and hardware support, further complemented by close to 300 third-party
DSP solutions providers.
Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and
supplier of digital signal processing solutions and analog technologies, the engines driving the digitization
of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's businesses also include materials and
controls, educational and productivity solutions, and digital imaging. The company 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 ti.com.
Please refer all reader inquiries to:
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Semiconductor Group, SC-99037A
P.O. Box 172228
Denver, CO 80217
1-800-477-8924, ext. 4500
About Nokia
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom
networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and
wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR
13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion, FIM 79.2 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five
European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange, has sales in over 130 countries and
employs more than 47,000 people worldwide. Visit Nokia at www.nokia.com.
About Symbian
Symbian's EPOC technology provides the complete solution for OEM manufacturers of Wireless
Information Devices such as Communicators and Smartphones. Owned by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia
and Psion, Symbian aims to promote standards for the interoperation of Wireless Information Devices
with wireless networks, content services, messaging and enterprise wide solutions.
With headquarters in London, Symbian has offices in Tokyo and Kanazawa, Japan; Ronneby, Sweden;
Cambridge, UK and San Francisco Bay Area, USA. Symbian's website is at www.symbian.com.
About EPOC
Providing key commercial and technological advantages for licensees of Wireless Information Devices,
Symbian's EPOC technology includes customizable user interfaces, color support, fit-for-purpose
application suites, advanced Internet connectivity, and officially accredited and award-winning PC
connectivity software.
SOURCE: Texas Instruments Incorporated
HOPE THIS CLEARIFIES THE TXN Opportunity
John G |
