Texas Instruments OMAP(TM) Applications Processor Selected as a Development Platform for Microsoft(R)'s Windows CE 6 Beta Release

Texas Instruments OMAP(TM) Applications Processor Selected as a Development Platform for Microsoft(R)'s Windows CE 6 Beta Release

May 16, 2006

TI's OMAP2420 Processor will be First ARM11-Based Processor Available to Support Windows CE 6 Release for Consumer Electronics Devices

    LAS VEGAS, May 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas
Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced
that Microsoft has selected TI's OMAP2420 applications
processor as the first ARM11-based development platform for
its Windows CE 6 beta release distributed this week to
device makers worldwide. A Board Support Package for TI's
OMAP2420 processor will be integrated into the Windows CE 6
Platform Builder toolkit. Device makers that choose this
processor can power compelling advances like richer
multimedia, 3D graphics and system integration for consumer
electronic devices, while reducing power consumption. TI's
OMAP2420 processor, which has shipped in millions of
devices to date, will be the first ARM11-based solution
that supports Windows CE 6, with a roadmap to include
future OMAP(TM) processors. 

    The new OMAP2420 platform for Windows CE 6, expected to
be available later this year, is ideally suited for richer
multimedia and low power applications including portable
navigation devices, media players, remote monitoring
equipment and gaming devices.  This platform showcases the
next-generation features and capabilities of the redesigned
Microsoft Windows CE 6 kernel on TI's ARM11-based OMAP 2
platform, which will benefit a wide range of device
manufacturers designing on the OMAP 2 family of processors.
 As a result of Microsoft's high level of testing
methodology, this platform will give manufacturers a
higher-quality, better-performing Windows CE 6 experience
on the OMAP2420 processor.

    "We're pleased with Microsoft's decision to use
the OMAP2420 processor as the first ARM11-based hardware
solution for its Windows CE 6 platform launch," said
Richard Kerslake, worldwide general manager for TI's OMAP
platform.  "With this partnership, we've tailored a
solution for the broader portable consumer electronics
market that leverages the compelling multimedia
capabilities of the OMAP 2 platform, including features
like low power consumption, rich multimedia, 3D graphics
acceleration and system integration."  

    The OMAP2420 processor is built on TI's OMAP 2
"All-in-One" mobile entertainment architecture,
which provides the foundation for mobile device
manufacturers to merge today's most compelling high-end
consumer electronics in smartphones and other converged
portable multimedia devices. These processors enable
high-quality digital TV, Hi-Fi music with 3D effects,
DVD-quality video, high-end gaming functionality, digital
cameras up to 6 megapixels, analog and digital broadcast
reception, high-speed wireless connectivity, greater than
VGA resolution color LCD displays and more.

    In addition to delivering the most advanced multimedia
features, the OMAP2420 processor provides enhanced power
and performance management through TI's SmartReflex(TM)
solutions.  TI's SmartReflex power and performance
management technologies incorporate a broad range of
intelligent and adaptive hardware and software technologies
that dynamically control voltage, frequency and power based
on device activity, modes of operation and process and
temperature variation. These features save additional power
without compromising end performance to run complex
multimedia applications. 

    "High-performance and power-efficient processing
are critical to consumer electronics innovation," said
Jonas Hasselberg, Group Product Manager, Mobile and Embedded
Devices Division, Microsoft Corp.  "The integration of
TI's OMAP2420 processor in the Windows CE 6 platform will
give our thousands of device maker partners worldwide a
powerful processing choice for next-generation portable
consumer electronics."

    TI's OMAP2420 stand-alone application processor is the
first device in the marketplace to leverage the ARM11
micro-architecture and is TI's second generation of OMAP
processors to use 90-nanometer technology.  The OMAP2420
chip includes an ARM1136JS-F core, a TI programmable audio
DSP, a TI imaging and video accelerator (IVA), a 2D/3D
graphics accelerator offering up to 2 million polygons per
second, integrated camera interface, M-Shield(TM)
hardware-based security solution and more. The OMAP2420
processor is powering handsets on the market today.

    Texas Instruments -- Making Wireless 

    TI is the leading manufacturer of wireless
semiconductors, delivering the heart of today's wireless
technology and building solutions for tomorrow.  TI
provides a breadth of silicon and software and 15 years of
wireless systems expertise that spans handsets and base
stations for all communications standards, wireless LAN,
Bluetooth, A-GPS, mobile TV and Ultra Wideband.  TI offers
custom to turn-key solutions, including complete chipsets
and reference designs, OMAP(TM) application processors, as
well as core digital signal processor and analog
technologies built on advanced semiconductor processes. 
Please visit http://www.ti.com/wirelesspressroom for
additional information.

    About Texas Instruments 

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    Trademarks

    OMAP, SmartReflex and M-Shield are trademarks of Texas
Instruments.  All registered trademarks and other
trademarks belong to their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Patty Arellano
     Texas Instruments
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