Dallas, TX — (press release excerpt) — Texas Instruments (TI) today announced that its OMAP wireless architecture will support the Linux operating system. This effort extends the reach of the OMAP platform into the open source community to deliver embedded solutions for 2.5 and 3G mobile devices. Additionally, it was announced that RidgeRun has been selected as first company to enable Linux on TI's OMAP platform.

The OMAP architecture has become the de facto standard for 2.5 and 3G wireless devices. Leading OEMs including Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, Sendo, HTC, and several others have selected the OMAP platform for their next generation wireless handsets and advanced mobile Internet devices. A broad range of leading software developers are currently creating wireless applications for next generation mobile devices on the OMAP platform and belong to TI's OMAP Developers Network, a comprehensive group of independent software vendors writing 2.5 and 3G applications for leading high-level operating systems.

The OMAP DSP/BIOS Bridge provides standard application programming interfaces (APIs) that give wireless application developers quick and easy access to DSP multimedia algorithms.

TI has selected RidgeRun, the software developer of the DSPLinux operating system, to provide direct customer support of the Linux operating system with specific enhancements to take advantage of the OMAP platform's real-time multimedia capabilities. DSPLinux offers a comprehensive development environment, which includes an optimized Linux kernel, reference product implementations, appliance simulators, and GNU-based ARM tools.

 
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