Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the power-efficient OMAP4470 applications processor, designed to deliver the perfect balance between processing power, graphics, display subsystem functionality and multilayered user interface (UI) composition. The multicore OMAP4470 processor surpasses current market solutions with clock speeds up to 1.8 GHz, an 80 percent increase in Web browsing performance, increased memory bandwidth, a 2.5x boost in graphics functionality—via the POWERVR SGX544 core from Imagination Technologies—and a unique hardware composition engine.

The OMAP4470 supports QXGA (2048 x 1536) resolution and can drive up to three HD screens and up to 2x more layered imaging. TI says this feature is enabled by the combination of a hardware composition engine with a dedicated 2D graphics core, a highly sophisticated display subsystem, and dual-channel LPDDR2 memory enabling up to 7.5Gbps of throughput. TI was able to achieve desktop like performance and higher power-efficiency by using Imagination Technologies’ POWERVR SGX544 GPU with dual 1.8GHz ARM processor cores.

The 45nm OMAP4470 processor is expected to sample in the second half of 2011, with devices like tablets and smartphones expected to hit the market in first half 2012.