Nomadik was a microprocessor

Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...

 for multimedia

Multimedia

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 applications from ST-Ericsson

ST-Ericsson

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. It was based on ARM architecture

ARM architecture

ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...

. Nomadik application processors were designed specifically with mobile devices in mind.

Nomadik enables portable terminals to play music, take pictures, record video and host 2-way video communication in real time. It was aimed at
2.5G/3G

3G

3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

 mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

s, personal digital assistant

Personal digital assistant

A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...

s and other portable wireless products with multimedia capability. In addition it was suitable for automotive multimedia applications.

Processor Families

• STn8800 (first version)
• STn8810 Based on ARM9
• STn8811 Based on ARM9
• STn8815 Based on ARM9
• STn8820 Based on ARM11

The Nomadik family has been discontinued. It was followed by the Nova family which as of 2011 use later generation ARM Cortex -A9 and ARM A15 CPU cores paired with ARM Mali-400 or Imagination Rogue GPU cores.