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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: OMAP2430
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 01 December 2005

Handset processor upgrades imaging and
video

A new high-performance processor offers a consumer electronics experience for 3G mobile phones, boosting video performance by up to 4x and imaging performance by up to 1.5x.

Propelling multimedia capabilities for mobile phones, Texas Instruments is sampling a new high-performance OMAP 2-based processor that offers a consumer electronics experience for 3G mobile phones, boosting video performance by up to 4x and imaging performance by up to 1.5x Offering even higher performance than first-generation OMAP 2 processors while at a lower cost, the OMAP2430 application processor provides the ultimate balance between multimedia performance, flexibility, power and cost to give users a higher-quality video experience on the mobile phone

Additionally, TI is announcing the all-in-one audio/power management companion device to the OMAP2430 processor, the TWL4030, which enables lower power and smaller phone designs.

Together, the OMAP2430 applications processor and TWL4030 reflect TI's commitment to accelerate the pace of innovation for the communications and entertainment era.

The OMAP2430 includes TI's latest generation imaging, video and audio accelerator, the IVA 2, a power-optimised version of the signal processing technology used in TI's recently announced DaVinci technology.