반도체의 선두주사인 텍사스 인스투르먼츠社가 새로운 OMAP4440를 2011년 하반기에 내놓을 예정이라고 9일 밝혔다.
이번에 발표할 듀얼코어 프로세서는 1.5GHz 클럭을 가지며 코텍스(외질)은 A9 MP코어로 PowerVR SGX540 GPU를 내장하고 있다.
또한 OMAP4440은 스테레오스코픽 3D 플레이백을 지원하고, 1080p로 화상연결이 가능하다. 또한 두개의 1,200만 화소 카메라가 있어.. 3D 찍사도 가능하다.
전모델인 OMAP4430에 비하면 그래픽성능은 1.25배, 웹로딩타임의 30%감소, 1080p video playback performance에서 두배의 향상된 모습을 보여준다.
기사 원문에는 아래 OMAP4440에 대한 내용들과 모토로라에서 앞으로 적용할 모델등 읽을거리들이 더 있으니 원문을 참고하시길...
원문보기
Today Texas Instruments announced that their new OMAP4440 processor will be go into production by the second half of 2011. This dual-core processor boasts clock speeds of 1.5 GHz per ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore and it includes a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The OMAP4440 also includes other feature enhancements like the ability to support 1080p stereoscopic 3D playback (glasses-free), 1080p video conferencing, and support for up to two 12-megapixel cameras in parallel (yeah, 3D photos).
Compared to the previous model OMAP4430, the newer OMAP4440 offers a 1.25x increase in graphics performance, a 30 percent decrease in webpage load time, and a 2x increase in 1080p video playback performance.
TI has high hopes for the OMAP4440 and thinks it will upgrade mobile user experiences. Remi El-Ouazzane, VP OMAP platform business unit, said that OMAP4440-powered devices will offer experiences that will ”radically impact how consumers continue to integrate mobile technology into their daily lives.”
We know TI can crank out the goods after they supplied the OMAP3430 processor inside the Motorola Droid (which became the best selling Android phone), but it appears that they are already late to the multi-core party.
Motorola has decided to go with NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 processor for their next round of flagship devices including the Olympus (AT&T phone), Etna (Verizon 4G phone), and the Everest (Honeycomb tablet). That was TI’s biggest customer for the high-end Android phone market, so who will give them a chance now?
I also have to wonder why TI is just cranking up the clock speed of their dual-core A9s instead of going to quad-core like NVIDIA. TI says they expect the OMAP4400 to go into production by the second half of 2011, so that means we likely won’t see devices till around this time next year.
Hopefully TI will meet their deadline or even exceed it, but look at recent history. The OMAP3 was announced way back in 2006 when Ryan Block still ran Engadget, but we didn’t see it in a product till the Palm Pre was released three years later in 2009. The OMAP4 was first announced at MWC 2009 and then re-announced at MWC 2010, so this latest press release would be the third bulletin (hopefully the 3rd time’s a charm).
If history repeats itself, we might not see an OMAP4440 processor inside an Android phone till 2012. Please don’t think I’m trying to rain on their parade, but I’m a tech blogger and the things that get me the most excited are products coming out in the next couple of months.
We have heard no rumors or seen any leaks of Android products that are using OMAP4. On the other hand, we have seen Samsung’s dual-core Orion running Android and heard reports of prototype phones in the wild, while Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon is being used in Acer’s 7-inch tablet coming in April.
I’m not sure who’s using OMAP4 for Android devices, but I want to find out. The 1080p video conferencing and 12-megapixel 3D pictures sound really awesome, but who’s to say we won’t see those same experiences on similar multi-core processor from NVIDIA, Qualcomm, or Samsung.
The Android world moves at lightning speed and if you can’t keep up with the competition then the handset and tablet makers will pass you by. Other than HTC being loyal to Qualcomm, most manufactures will use whatever is the best available processor.
So it looks like Texas Instruments will miss out on the initial wave of flagship devices for Gingerbread and Honeycomb, but who’s to say they can’t make a comeback and power the lead gadgets that will be running Ice Cream and Jelly Bean?
