Texas Instruments converges analog with DSP technologies

Texas Instruments (TI) will showcase application solutions in three major markets – wireless communication, video surveillance and medical electronics during the period of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008. TI also will collaborate with its 3rd parties to exhibit advanced products and technologies, demonstrating the advantages of analog and DSP technologies to bring customers its complete solutions and new applications.

Overview of three major applications:
Wireless communication:
Accelerated multimedia functions will drive the demand for next generation mobile handsets. A series of high performance OMAP3-based applications will be presented, enabling advanced functions, such as home theater quality audio-video performance, 3D user interface, life-like 3D gaming and 3D GPS mapping; as well as full-page web browsing for MID. Simultaneously, Google Android handset model embedded with TI’s OMAP processor will be unveiled in Taiwan for the first time. In addition, handsets with TI’s 65nm LoCosto and eCosto single-chip solutions will also be featured.

Video surveillance:
One of the greatest challenges IC suppliers face is to assist customers in delivering low-cost, high-performance and high definition video and imaging surveillance solutions. TI will showcase its cost-efficient, high performing solution based on TI’s DaVinci DM355 processor. With TI’s DM355 solution, video surveillance providers can add new cameras to their existing systems at the cost of a traditional analog video camera but gain the flexibility to upgrade to an IP-based, HD network camera when ready.

Medical electronics:
Combining TI’s strengths in analog and microcontroller technologies, TI will exhibit its product portfolio for portable to high end ultrasound diagnostic equipment, including MSP430 and its latest fully integrated analog front end AFEs family. TI’s power management technologies and complete product portfolio enables customers to deliver products with superior image and signal quality and reduced power consumption.

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