Comments on: Texas Instruments Gives up on OMAP Platform for Phones, Looking to Shift Focus

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:20:00 +0000

I don’t think they had a quad-core chip-set ready to go yet, and next year all high end phones will have quad-core with 2 gb ram, and they probably lost a few contracts by not having more powerful chips. I’m sure they’ll be back in a few years after some type of break through, everything is getting smaller and faster, and TI once set the pace for smaller and faster for decades, I’m sure they’ll be back

By: dsass600

dsass600 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:49:00 +0000

Why be sad? Their devices heat up, consume a ton of battery, worse performance, and have crappy GPUs attached. And don’t even get me started on the built in DACs. I’m glad. This way the next nexus is 100% going to have the Snapdragon S4 Pro with krait architecture. The only reason I would like to see the OMAP 5, is to compare the architecture’s speeds with Qualcomm’s krait. But if other processors are going to be released with A15 architecture, then I could care less. Are other processors going to be released with this architecture?

By: Jacob Davis

Jacob Davis — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:30:00 +0000

Oh crap.

By: Ibrick

Ibrick — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:23:00 +0000

This is pretty sad news, of the A15 designs, the OMAP5 seemed like the best blend of speed and efficiency.

Seeing their dual core destroying a Tegra 3 while running at half the speed of the Tegra I have to admit I got a nerd boner. This news makes sense though since there hasn’t been any news on the OMAP5, and that video was posted like a year ago now?

By: Tyler Chappell

Tyler Chappell — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:21:00 +0000

Yep, Apple “designs” their chips, but doesn’t manufacture the chips themselves.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:50:00 +0000

I’ll miss them. The OMAP 4 was a great processor for Moto’s phones.

Since I’m not a Tegra fan, that leaves Qualcomm.

By: hyperbolee

hyperbolee — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:01:00 +0000

retards smile different in public than private?

By: Mario Mendez

Mario Mendez — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:38:00 +0000

Texas Instruments OMAP 4 were good processors.

By: Nick S

Nick S — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:07:00 +0000

Give that GNex another year or so, and I know I’ll be OC’ing mine (it will probably be in the hands of my wife or son by then lol) – I am sad to see TI dropping out of the mobile processor biz.

By: N8shon

N8shon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:05:00 +0000

This definitely sucks.

By: Kit Tihonovich

Kit Tihonovich — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:20:00 +0000

This was the only (albeit big) downside that immediately popped into my head.
As far as performance…they’ve always lagged behind, in my opinion.

By: Diablo81588

Diablo81588 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:06:00 +0000

Damn this sucks. I was waiting patiently for OMAP 5

By: JoeTi

JoeTi — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Damn. Sad to see them go. They made a great chip that took plenty of abuse. Good luck in the car industry. Hope to overclock your chips again sometime *down the road*(pun).

By: Mapekz

Mapekz — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:25:00 +0000

The Ax chips are built by Samsung I’m pretty sure. I don’t think Apple builds their components, just lays out the IC board and develops the chassis.

By: florious80

florious80 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:14:00 +0000

It’s never a good sign for consumers when there are less competition in the field. Less players = less competition = higher cost.

Sad day.