14 DAY TRIAL // Even though information about ARM's next generation Cortex-A processor was scarce, Texas Instruments has just announced that they licensed the new CPUs under the codename “Eagle”. The new processors are yet to be announced later this year. The company is said to use the new Cortex-A CPU to further strengthen and extend its future OMAP platform offerings.
"Our position as ARM's advanced lead partner for its next-generation Cortex-A series processor core underscores TI's unwavering commitment to helping customers achieve success in the competitive mobile world," said Remi El-Ouazzane, vice president, OMAP platform business unit TI. "We are thrilled to know that our customers will be the first to leverage the new ARM processor core's far-reaching innovations via our industry-leading OMAP products. Successful mobile industry achievements revolve around the 'high-performance, low-power' mantra, and we believe the results of our collaborative effort echo the importance of this must-have balance."
Both companies, Texas Instruments (TI) and ARM started the project in June 2009. During this time TI managed to leverage its low power, system-on-chip (SoC) platform expertise with ARM. The agreement between the two companies accelerated the launch of the new product on the market.
TI intends to use its unique SmartReflex power and performance management technology, for a more power-efficient computing OMAP platform solution. The new TI OMAP platform will be based on the new ARM processor core and SmartReflex, which will reduce the power consumption and will improve the performance capabilities.
"TI and ARM have a long history of collaboration and exchanging technical ideas to develop and define innovative technologies," said Mike Inglis, EVP and GM, ARM. "Together, we're finding new ways to bridge the gap between performance and power requirements, as is evident with our joint work on the next-generation Cortex-A series processor core's definition. We look forward to seeing TI come to market with game-changing solutions that place ARM's new processor core at the heart of tomorrow's consumer-focused smart mobile products."