LG Using Texas EDGE Chipsets

Texas Instruments says that LG Electronics (LGE) has chosen it's OMAP-Vox platform for a new series of EDGE handsets. The first LGE handsets to leverage TI's OMAP-Vox platform will be the LG240 for Canada available in August 2006, and the ME240 for South America available in September 2006. The handsets will incorporate TI's OMAPV1030 chipset to provide multimedia capabilities coupled with EDGE functionality.

"LGE is pleased to continue extending its long-standing relationship with TI to include the growing EDGE market," said Dr. Skott Ahn, Executive Vice President, Head of LGE Mobile Handset R&D Center. "Because of its deep experience with its proven OMAP platform, TI understands how delivering compelling multimedia applications to handsets is essential in driving growth. Providing affordable feature-rich handsets is essential to LGE as we address consumer demand in the mass market."

The OMAPV1030 solution delivers capabilities such as advanced video capture, playback and streaming; digital still camera features; color LCD; and interactive 2D/3D gaming.

TI's OMAPV1030 processor is one of the industry's most integrated and optimized EDGE solutions, leveraging TI's leading modem and OMAP technology and its advanced high-volume 90nm digital process technology. The solution is based on the OMAP1710 architecture and runs both GSM/GPRS/EDGE modem and applications processing on a single OMAP core, leveraging ARM926TEJ and TI DSP capabilities. This architecture serves as the foundation for the scalable OMAP-Vox hardware architecture and is designed to easily extend from 2.5G to 3G and beyond."

Posted to the site on 22nd August 2006