The new network of TI-licensed companies, called Independent OMAP Technology Centers, will enable wireless handset manufacturers to rapidly take to market advanced and differentiated 2.5G and 3G wireless products based on TI’s OMAP architecture, and allow software developers to quickly create multimedia-rich applications such as streaming video, video conferencing and high-fidelity audio.
TI has contracted with the first two Independent OMAP Technology Centers, BSQUARE and Productivity Systems, Inc. (PSI), to accelerate development efforts for select wireless handset manufacturers and application developers.
OMAP technology has become the de facto standard for 2.5G and 3G wireless applications, and Independent OMAP Technology Centers give wireless handset manufacturers and application developers a very powerful tool for delivering advanced OMAP products to market quickly, said Alain Mutricy, general manager of TI’s OMAP platform in a company statement. Independent OMAP Technology Centers greatly extend our development support capabilities by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and systems integration expertise, giving customers access to an entire palette of current and future OMAP development technologies.
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide wireless handset manufacturers and developers access to a broad range of wireless system expertise, including systems integration, OMAP development training, and OMAP support products like reference designs and compilers. Operating system support is available for Microsoft’s Windows CE, Symbian OS, and other familiar high-level operating systems. BSQUARE and PSI bring extensive system integration, OS system expertise, training and product support to 2.5G and 3G wireless handset manufacturers and OMAP developers.
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide wireless handset manufacturers and OMAP developers immediate access to a comprehensive community of development technologies, said Ken Milburn, president of PSI. By giving customers a complete set of integration and development services, we will enable the rapid mass market development of new OMAP technology-based products.
