OMAP
Encyclopedia
OMAP developed by Texas Instruments
is a category of proprietary system on chips (SoCs) for portable and mobile multimedia
applications
. OMAP devices generally include a general-purpose ARM architecture
processor core plus one or more specialized co-processors. Earlier OMAP variants commonly featured a variant of the Texas Instruments TMS320
series digital signal processor
.
Further, two main distribution channels exist, and not all parts are available in both channels. The genesis of the OMAP product line is from partnership with cell phone vendors, and the main distribution channel involves sales directly to such wireless handset vendors. Parts developed to suit evolving cell phone requirements are flexible and powerful enough to support sales through less specialized catalog channels; some OMAP 1 parts, and many OMAP 3 parts, have catalog versions with different sales and support models. Parts that are obsolete from the perspective of handset vendors may still be needed to support products developed using catalog parts and distributor-based inventory management.
Recently, the catalog channels have received more focus, with OMAP35x and OMAP-L13x parts being marketed for use with various applications where capable and power-efficient processors are useful.
s, with processors powerful enough to run significant operating system
s (such as Linux
, Android or Symbian
), support connectivity to personal computers, and support various audio and video applications.
core, and then changed to a standard ARM926 core. It included many variants, most easily distinguished according to manufacturing technology (130 nm except for the OMAP171x series), CPU, peripheral set, and distribution channel (direct to large handset vendors, or through catalog-based distributors). In March 2009, the OMAP1710 family chips are still available to handset vendors.
Products using OMAP 1 processors include hundreds of cell phone models, and the Nokia 770 Internet tablet
s.
s:
The video technology in the higher end OMAP 3 parts is derived in part from the DaVinci
product line, which first packaged higher end C64x+ DSPs and image processing controllers with ARM9 processors last seen in the older OMAP 1 generation or ARM Cortex-A8.
Not highlighted in the list below is that each OMAP 3 SoC has an "Image, Video, Audio" (IVA2) accelerator. These units do not all have the same capabilities. Most devices support 12 megapixel camera images, though some support 5 or 3 megapixels. Some support HD imaging.
s running at 266 MHz to offload the A9s in less computionally intensive tasks to increase power efficiency. 4430 and 4460 use a PowerVR
SGX540 integrated 3D graphics accelerator
which runs at a clock frequency of 304 and 384 MHz respectively compared to prior versions of SGX540 typically at 200 MHz making them theoretically much faster. 4470 has a PowerVR SGX544 GPU that supports DirectX 9 which enables it for use in Windows 8
as well as a dedicated 2D graphics core for increased power efficiency. All OMAP 4 comes with an IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP that enables 1080p Full HD and multi-standard video encode/decode. OMAP 4 uses ARM-Cortex A9s with ARMs SIMD engine (Media Processing Engine, aka NEON) which may have a significant performance advantage in some cases over Nvidia Tegra 2s Cortex-A9s with non-vector floating point units. It also uses a dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller compared to Nvidia Tegra 2s single-channel memory controller.
uses a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15
CPU with two additional ARM Cortex-M4 cores to offload the A15s in less computionally intensive tasks to increase power efficiency, two PowerVR
SGX544MP graphics cores and a dedicated TI 2D BitBlt graphics accelerator, a multi-pipe display sub-system and a signal processor. They respectively support 24 and 20 megapixel cameras for front and rear 3D HD video recording. The chip also supports up to 8 GB of dual channel DDR3 memory, output to four HD 3D displays and 3D HDMI 1.4 video output. OMAP 5 also includes 3 USB 2.0 ports and a SATA 2.0 controller.
product line by removing the video-specific features while using upgraded DaVinci peripherals. A notable feature is use of a floating point DSP, instead of the more customary fixed point one.
The Hawkboard
uses the OMAP-L138
s use OMAP SoCs, including the Nokia
N90, N91, N92, N95, N82, E61, E62, E63, E90, N800, N810 and N900 Internet tablet
s, Motorola Droid
, Droid X
, and Droid 2
. The Palm Pre
, Pandora
, Touch Book
also use an OMAP SoC (the OMAP3430). Others to use an OMAP SoC
include the Sony Ericsson Satio, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, the Samsung Omnia HD, Sony Ericsson Idou
, the Nook Color
, Kindle Fire
, and some Archos
tablets (such as Archos 80 gen 9 and Archos 101 gen 9).
OMAP SoCs are also used as the basis for a number of hobbyist and prototyping boards, such as the Beagle Board
and Panda Board.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
is a category of proprietary system on chips (SoCs) for portable and mobile multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
applications
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
. OMAP devices generally include a general-purpose 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...
processor core plus one or more specialized co-processors. Earlier OMAP variants commonly featured a variant of the Texas Instruments TMS320
Texas Instruments TMS320
Texas Instruments TMS320 is a blanket name for a series of digital signal processors from Texas Instruments. It was introduced on April 8, 1983 through the TMS32010 processor, which was then the fastest DSP on the market....
series digital signal processor
Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the fast operational needs of digital signal processing.-Typical characteristics:...
.
OMAP family
The OMAP family consists of three product groups classified by performance and intended application:- High-performance applications processors
- Basic multimedia applications processors
- Integrated modem and applications processors
Further, two main distribution channels exist, and not all parts are available in both channels. The genesis of the OMAP product line is from partnership with cell phone vendors, and the main distribution channel involves sales directly to such wireless handset vendors. Parts developed to suit evolving cell phone requirements are flexible and powerful enough to support sales through less specialized catalog channels; some OMAP 1 parts, and many OMAP 3 parts, have catalog versions with different sales and support models. Parts that are obsolete from the perspective of handset vendors may still be needed to support products developed using catalog parts and distributor-based inventory management.
Recently, the catalog channels have received more focus, with OMAP35x and OMAP-L13x parts being marketed for use with various applications where capable and power-efficient processors are useful.
High-performance applications processors
These are parts originally intended for use as application processors in smartphoneSmartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s, with processors powerful enough to run significant operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s (such as Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, Android or Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
), support connectivity to personal computers, and support various audio and video applications.
OMAP 1
The OMAP 1 family started with a TI-enhanced ARMARM 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...
core, and then changed to a standard ARM926 core. It included many variants, most easily distinguished according to manufacturing technology (130 nm except for the OMAP171x series), CPU, peripheral set, and distribution channel (direct to large handset vendors, or through catalog-based distributors). In March 2009, the OMAP1710 family chips are still available to handset vendors.
Products using OMAP 1 processors include hundreds of cell phone models, and the Nokia 770 Internet tablet
Internet Tablet
Nokia Internet Tablets is the name given to a range of Nokia mobile Internet appliances products. These tablets fall in the range between a personal digital assistant and an Ultra-Mobile PC , and slightly below Intel's Mobile Internet device .- Maemo :Nokia Internet Tablets run the Debian...
s.
- OMAP171x - 220 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C55xTexas Instruments TMS320Texas Instruments TMS320 is a blanket name for a series of digital signal processors from Texas Instruments. It was introduced on April 8, 1983 through the TMS32010 processor, which was then the fastest DSP on the market....
DSP, low-voltage 90 nm technology - OMAP162x - 204 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C55x DSP + 2 MB internal SRAM, 130 nm technology
- OMAP5912 - catalog availability version of OMAP1621 (or OMAP1611b in older versions)
- OMAP161x - 204 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C55x DSP, 130 nm technology
- OMAP1510 - 168 MHz ARM925T (TI-enhanced) + C55x DSP
- OMAP5910 - catalog availability version of OMAP 1510
OMAP 2
These parts were only marketed to handset vendors. Products using these include both Internet tablets and mobile phoneMobile 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:
- OMAP2431 - 330 MHz ARM1136 + 220 MHz C64x DSP
- OMAP2430 - 330 MHz ARM1136 + 220 MHz C64x DSP + PowerVRPowerVRPowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
MBX lite GPU - OMAP2420 - 330 MHz ARM1136 + 220 MHz C55x DSP + PowerVR MBX GPU
OMAP 3
The 3rd generation OMAP, The OMAP 3 is broken into 3 distinct groups: the OMAP34x, the OMAP35x, and the OMAP36x. OMAP34x and OMAP36x are distributed directly to large handset (such as cell phone) manufacturers. OMAP35x is a variant of OMAP34x intended for catalog distribution channels. The OMAP36x is a 45 nm version of the 65 nm OMAP34x with higher clock speed.The video technology in the higher end OMAP 3 parts is derived in part from the DaVinci
Texas Instruments DaVinci
The Texas Instruments DaVinci Technology combines TI's offering of digital signal processing chips, software, tools and support for developing a broad spectrum of optimized digital video end equipments...
product line, which first packaged higher end C64x+ DSPs and image processing controllers with ARM9 processors last seen in the older OMAP 1 generation or ARM Cortex-A8.
Not highlighted in the list below is that each OMAP 3 SoC has an "Image, Video, Audio" (IVA2) accelerator. These units do not all have the same capabilities. Most devices support 12 megapixel camera images, though some support 5 or 3 megapixels. Some support HD imaging.
| Model number | Semiconductor technology | CPU instruction set | CPU | GPU | Utilizing devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMAP3410 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 ARM Cortex-A8 The ARM Cortex-A8 is a processor core designed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture. Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is dual-issue superscalar, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle.... |
PowerVR PowerVR PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.... SGX530 |
Motorola Charm Motorola Charm The Motorola Charm is a smartphone manufactured by Motorola. It was released exclusively to U.S. carrier T-Mobile, and Canadian carrier Telus. The Motorola Charm is the second Motorola Android phone to feature the updated Motoblur UI for Android 2.1.... , Motorola Flipout Motorola Flipout The Motorola Flipout is a phone made by Motorola and was released in June 2010. Its touchscreen is 2.8 inches in size. It also has a 3.1 Megapixel camera and comes in a wide variety of colors such as Poppy Red, Brilliant Blue, Licorice and Saffron, although in Australia, only Poppy Red, Licorice... , Motorola Flipside |
| OMAP3420 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | |
| OMAP3430 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | Motorola Droid/Milestone Motorola Droid The Motorola Droid is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system. The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855... , Palm Pre Palm Pre The Palm Pre is a multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS... , Samsung i8910 Samsung i8910 Samsung i8910 HD is a multimedia smartphone by Samsung, announced at MWC 2009 on February 18, 2009.This handset comes with a 3.7" AMOLED capacitive touchscreen having a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, capable of displaying up to 16 million colors. It has an 8 megapixel camera with the... , Nokia N900 Nokia N900 The Nokia N900 is a smartphone made by Nokia. It supersedes the Nokia N810. Its default operating system, Maemo 5, is a Linux-based OS originally developed for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. It is the first Nokia device based upon the Texas Instruments OMAP3 microprocessor with the ARM Cortex-A8... |
| OMAP3440 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | Motorola XT720 Motorola Milestone XT720 The Motorola Milestone XT720 is an Android-based smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility. It is the first Motorola Android phone with Xenon flash.- Features :... , Archos 5 (Gen 7) Archos Generation 7 The Archos Generation 7 product series is represented by misc "Internet Tablets" or "IT", e.g. the Archos 5 Internet Tablet . This series of tablet computers developed by the French company Archos that features a resistive touchscreen for video, photo, audio, internet browsing and other multimedia... , Samsung SHW-M100S Galaxy A, Motorola Titanium XT800 |
| OMAP3503 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | N/A | Gumstix Gumstix Gumstix is a company founded in 2003 by Gordon Kruberg that produces small single-board computers. The name Gumstix refers to the size of the first such computer being the approximate size of a stick of gum.... Overo Earth |
| OMAP3515 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | |
| OMAP3525 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | N/A | |
| OMAP3530 | 65 nm | ARMv7 | 720 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | phyCARD-L System on Module, BeagleBoard, Gumstix Gumstix Gumstix is a company founded in 2003 by Gordon Kruberg that produces small single-board computers. The name Gumstix refers to the size of the first such computer being the approximate size of a stick of gum.... , IGEPv2 IGEPv2 The IGEPv2 board is a low-power, fanless single-board computer developed and produced by Spanish corporation ISEE and is the second IGEP platform in the series.-Board Specifications:* Package on package Memory/Processor... , Alico's Kinetic 3500, OSWALD, Overo Water, Pandora Pandora (console) The Pandora is a handheld game console designed to take advantage of existing open source software and to be a target for homebrew development... , Touch Book Touch Book The Touch Book is a portable computing device that functions as a netbook, and also as a tablet. Designed by Always Innovating, it was launched at the DEMO conference in March 2009. Its designers stated at launch that it is the first netbook featuring a detachable keyboard with a long battery life... , Embest DevKit8000, OpenSourceMID |
| OMAP3611 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | Cybook Odyssey |
| OMAP3621(OMAP3622) | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 3621: 800 MHz, 3622: 1 GHz; ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | Nook Color Nook Color The Nook Color is a color version of the Nook e-reader device by Barnes & Noble. It is a 7-inch tablet with full-color multitouch touchscreen input. The device is designed for full-color viewing of books, newspapers, magazines, and children's picture books... , Nook Simple Touch Nook Simple Touch The Nook Simple Touch is the second generation of the Nook e-book device by Barnes & Noble. It features an 800x600 E Ink screen that has a touchscreen using a network of infrared beams slightly above the screen surface... |
| OMAP3630 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 600 MHz~1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 | PowerVR SGX530 | 3630-800: Motorola Bravo, Motorola Defy Motorola DEFY The Motorola Defy is an Android-based smartphone from Motorola. The Defy is marketed as water-resistant, dust-resistant, impact- and scratch-resistant by merit of its port covers and Gorilla Glass screen... ; 3630-1000: Nokia N9 Nokia N9 The Nokia N9 is a smartphone made by Nokia based on the MeeGo "Harmattan" mobile operating system, the first from Nokia on the MeeGo OS... , Nokia N950, Motorola Milestone 2,Motorola Cliq 2, Motorola Defy+, Pre 2, Droid X, Droid 2, Archos 101 Archos 101 The ARCHOS 101 Internet Tablet is part of the Archos Generation 8 range, distributed between 2010-11. It is a 10.1 inch Internet tablet with dual-boot capability supporting Android and Ångström GNU/Linux operating systems out of the box... , Archos 70 Archos 70 The ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet is part of the Archos Generation 8 range, distributed between 2010-11. It is a 7 inches tablet computer running Android.-See also:* Archos 43* Archos 101* PMPs running Android OS... , Archos 43 Archos 43 ARCHOS 43 Internet Tablet is a 4.3 inch tablet computer designed and developed by Archos. The Archos 43 runs version 2.2 of the Android operating system. It was released globally in early November 2010. It was met with mixed reviews, with its biggest overall complaint being its resistive... , Archos 32, Archos 28, LG Optimus Black, LG Optimus bright L-07C, Samsung I9003 Galaxy S(C)L, SAMSUNG GALAXY 7 TAB (P1010) Wifi Only, LG-LU3000 Optimus Mach, Panasonic P-07C, Panasonic Sweety 003P 3630-1200: Motorola Droid 2 Global |
OMAP 4
The 4th generation OMAPs, OMAP 4430, 4460 (formerly named 4440), and 4470 all use dual-core ARM Cortex-A9s. The 4470 additionally contains two ARM Cortex-M3ARM Cortex-M3
The ARM Cortex-M3 is an ARM processor core licensed by ARM Holdings. The core is intended for microcontroller applications.-Features:Key features of the Cortex-M3 core are:* ARMv7-M architecture* Support for Thumb and Thumb-2 instruction encodings...
s running at 266 MHz to offload the A9s in less computionally intensive tasks to increase power efficiency. 4430 and 4460 use a PowerVR
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
SGX540 integrated 3D graphics accelerator
Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit or GPU is a specialized circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory in such a way so as to accelerate the building of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display...
which runs at a clock frequency of 304 and 384 MHz respectively compared to prior versions of SGX540 typically at 200 MHz making them theoretically much faster. 4470 has a PowerVR SGX544 GPU that supports DirectX 9 which enables it for use in Windows 8
Windows 8
Windows 8 is the codename for the next version of the Microsoft Windows computer operating system following Windows 7. It has many changes from previous versions. In particular it adds support for ARM microprocessors in addition to the previously supported x86 microprocessors from Intel and AMD...
as well as a dedicated 2D graphics core for increased power efficiency. All OMAP 4 comes with an IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP that enables 1080p Full HD and multi-standard video encode/decode. OMAP 4 uses ARM-Cortex A9s with ARMs SIMD engine (Media Processing Engine, aka NEON) which may have a significant performance advantage in some cases over Nvidia Tegra 2s Cortex-A9s with non-vector floating point units. It also uses a dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller compared to Nvidia Tegra 2s single-channel memory controller.
| Model number | Semiconductor technology | CPU instruction set | CPU | GPU | Memory technology | Availability | Utilizing devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMAP4430 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 1-1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | PowerVR PowerVR PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.... SGX540 @ 304 MHz |
Dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller | Q1 2011 | phyCORE-OMAP4430 System on Module, PandaBoard PandaBoard The PandaBoard is a low-power, low-cost single-board computer based on the Texas Instruments OMAP4430 processor. The board has been available to the public at the subsidized price of US$174 since 27 October 2010... , RIM Research In Motion Research In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market... BlackBerry Playbook BlackBerry PlayBook The BlackBerry PlayBook is a tablet computer by Research In Motion , best known for the BlackBerry smartphone. It competes against Apple's iPad and a slew of Android-powered tablets.... , LG Optimus 3D P920, Motorola Droid/Milestone 3, Motorola Droid Bionic Motorola Droid Bionic The Motorola Droid Bionic is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone designed by Motorola. It was originally scheduled for release in Q2 2011 but was delayed until September 2011... , Toshiba AT200 Excite, Fujitsu ARROWS Tab LTE F-01D, Fujitsu ARROWS Z ISW11F, Fujitsu ARROWS X LTE F-05D, Fujitsu REGZA Phone T-01D, Kindle Fire Kindle Fire The Kindle Fire is a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. Announced on 28 September 2011, the Kindle Fire has a color 7" multi-touch display with IPS technology and runs a forked version of Google's Android operating system. It includes access to the Amazon Appstore,... , Panasonic LUMIX Phone P-02D, Panasonic LUMIX Phone 101P, Archos 101(Gen 9), Archos 80(Gen 9), Motorola Droid RAZR, SHARP AQUOS PHONE SH-01D, SHARP AQUOS PHONE 102SH |
| OMAP4460 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 1.2-1.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | PowerVR SGX540 @ 384 MHz | Dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller | Q4 2011 | SHARP AQUOS PHONE 104SH, Galaxy Nexus Galaxy Nexus The Galaxy Nexus is a touchscreen slate Android smartphone developed by a partnership between Samsung and Google. The phone and operating system were developed collaboratively by engineers from both companies. It is the third generation successor to Google’s previous flagship phones, the Nexus One... , Archos 101 Turbo(Gen 9), Archos 80 Turbo(Gen 9)Variscite VAR-SOM-OM44 System on Module |
| OMAP4470 | 45 nm | ARMv7 | 1.5-1.8 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 | PowerVR SGX544 @ 384 MHz + dedicated 2D graphics core | Dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller, 466 MHz | Q2 2012 | |
OMAP 5
The 5th generation OMAP, OMAP 5 SoCSOC
SOC or SoC may refer to:Social Networking / Entertainment* Soc.TV, an internet based, social television network* Soldier of ChristBusiness* Sirte Oil Company* South Oil CompanyScience and technology...
uses a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15
ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore
The ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore is a multicore ARM architecture processor providing an out-of-order superscalar pipeline ARM v7 instruction set running at up to 2.5 GHz. ARM has confirmed that the Cortex A15 core is 40 percent faster than the Cortex-A9 core, all things equal...
CPU with two additional ARM Cortex-M4 cores to offload the A15s in less computionally intensive tasks to increase power efficiency, two PowerVR
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
SGX544MP graphics cores and a dedicated TI 2D BitBlt graphics accelerator, a multi-pipe display sub-system and a signal processor. They respectively support 24 and 20 megapixel cameras for front and rear 3D HD video recording. The chip also supports up to 8 GB of dual channel DDR3 memory, output to four HD 3D displays and 3D HDMI 1.4 video output. OMAP 5 also includes 3 USB 2.0 ports and a SATA 2.0 controller.
| Model number | Semiconductor technology | CPU instruction set | CPU | GPU | Memory technology | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMAP5430 | 28 nm | ARMv7 | 2 GHz dual-core ARM 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... Cortex-A15 ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore The ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore is a multicore ARM architecture processor providing an out-of-order superscalar pipeline ARM v7 instruction set running at up to 2.5 GHz. ARM has confirmed that the Cortex A15 core is 40 percent faster than the Cortex-A9 core, all things equal... |
Dual-core PowerVR PowerVR PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.... SGX544MP + dedicated 2D graphics accelerator |
Dual-channel package on package Package on package Package on package is an integrated circuit packaging method to combine vertically discrete logic and memory ball grid array packages. Two or more packages are installed atop each other, i.e. stacked, with a standard interface to route signals between them... LPDDR2 |
Q3 2012 |
| OMAP5432 | 28 nm | ARMv7 | 2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 | Dual-core PowerVR SGX544MP + dedicated 2D graphics accelerator | Dual-channel DDR3 controller | Q3 2012 |
Basic multimedia applications processors
These are marketed only to handset manufacturers. They are intended to be highly integrated, low cost chips for consumer products. The OMAP-DM series are intended to be used as digital media coprocessors for mobile devices with high megapixel digital still and video cameras.- OMAP331 - ARM9ARM architectureARM 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...
- OMAP310 - ARM9
- OMAP-DM270 - ARM7 + C54xTexas Instruments TMS320Texas Instruments TMS320 is a blanket name for a series of digital signal processors from Texas Instruments. It was introduced on April 8, 1983 through the TMS32010 processor, which was then the fastest DSP on the market....
DSP - OMAP-DM299 - ARM7 + ISP + stacked mDDR SDRAM
- OMAP-DM500 - ARM7 + ISP + stacked mDDR SDRAM
- OMAP-DM510 - ARM926 + ISP + 128 MB stacked mDDR SDRAM
- OMAP-DM515 - ARM926 + ISP + 256 MB stacked mDDR SDRAM
- OMAP-DM525 - ARM926 + ISP + 256 MB stacked mDDR SDRAM
Integrated modem and applications processors
These are marketed only to handset manufacturers. Many of the newer versions are highly integrated for use in very low cost cell phones.- OMAPV1035 - single-chip EDGE (was discontinued in 2009 as TI announced baseband chipset market withdrawal).
- OMAPV1030 - EDGE digital baseband
- OMAP850 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + stacked EDGE co-processor
- OMAP750 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + DDR Memory support
- OMAP733 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + stacked SDRAM
- OMAP730 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + SDRAM Memory support
- OMAP710 - 133 MHz ARM925 + GSM/GPRS digital baseband
OMAP L-1x
The OMAP L-1x parts are marketed only through catalog channels, and have a different technological heritage than the other OMAP parts. Rather than deriving directly from cell phone product lines, they grew from the video-oriented DaVinciTexas Instruments DaVinci
The Texas Instruments DaVinci Technology combines TI's offering of digital signal processing chips, software, tools and support for developing a broad spectrum of optimized digital video end equipments...
product line by removing the video-specific features while using upgraded DaVinci peripherals. A notable feature is use of a floating point DSP, instead of the more customary fixed point one.
The Hawkboard
Hawkboard
The Hawkboard is a low-power, low-cost Single-board computer based on the Texas Instruments OMAP-L138. Along with the usage of the OMAP ARM9 processor, it also has a floating point DSP. It is a community supported development platform.-External Links:*...
uses the OMAP-L138
- OMAP-L137 - 300 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C674x floating point DSP
- OMAP-L138 - 300 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C674x floating point DSP
Products using OMAP processors
Many mobile phoneMobile 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 use OMAP SoCs, including the Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
N90, N91, N92, N95, N82, E61, E62, E63, E90, N800, N810 and N900 Internet tablet
Internet Tablet
Nokia Internet Tablets is the name given to a range of Nokia mobile Internet appliances products. These tablets fall in the range between a personal digital assistant and an Ultra-Mobile PC , and slightly below Intel's Mobile Internet device .- Maemo :Nokia Internet Tablets run the Debian...
s, Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid
The Motorola Droid is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system. The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855...
, Droid X
Motorola Droid X
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, and Droid 2
Motorola Droid 2
The Motorola Droid 2 is the fifth phone in Verizon's Droid line. In the U.S., it is available exclusively on Verizon Wireless, and was released August 12, 2010 . It runs the Android operating system by Google, and can run Flash Player 10.1...
. The Palm Pre
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, Pandora
Pandora (console)
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, Touch Book
Touch Book
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also use an OMAP SoC (the OMAP3430). Others to use an OMAP SoC
System-on-a-chip
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include the Sony Ericsson Satio, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, the Samsung Omnia HD, Sony Ericsson Idou
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, the Nook Color
Nook Color
The Nook Color is a color version of the Nook e-reader device by Barnes & Noble. It is a 7-inch tablet with full-color multitouch touchscreen input. The device is designed for full-color viewing of books, newspapers, magazines, and children's picture books...
, Kindle Fire
Kindle Fire
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, and some Archos
Archos
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tablets (such as Archos 80 gen 9 and Archos 101 gen 9).
OMAP SoCs are also used as the basis for a number of hobbyist and prototyping boards, such as the Beagle Board
Beagle Board
The BeagleBoard is a low-power, low-cost open source hardware single-board computer produced by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key. The BeagleBoard was also designed with open source software development in mind, and as a way of demonstrating the Texas Instrument's OMAP3530...
and Panda Board.
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