Texas Instruments withdraws from smartphones

26 September, 2012
TI announced it is shifting the focus from the smartphones and will no longer develop OMAP.

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  • 26 Sep 2012

Deepak, 26 Sep 2012In any case Texas Instruments cannot compete with other bra... moreIt's funny because nokia doesn't even make an soc

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    • dave
    • LaQ
    • 26 Sep 2012

    Deepak, 26 Sep 2012In any case Texas Instruments cannot compete with other bra... moreDo you live under a rock?
    They do much more than calculators!

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      • Tony69
      • LaQ
      • 26 Sep 2012

      Dee, 26 Sep 2012They are good for making student calculator Are you kidding?
      Texas Instruments are much more than calculators
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
      Everybody should know this companys history :)

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        • Anonymous
        • 4QS
        • 26 Sep 2012

        Anonymous, 26 Sep 2012This is good for Android. It reduces fragmentation by havin... moreFragmentation is not as big an issue as it made out to be. The reason everyone makes such a fuss is so they can deal with the fact they have 0 options as opposed to endless options. The real deal behind fragmentation is called choice

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          • Anonymous
          • kg3
          • 26 Sep 2012

          This is good for Android. It reduces fragmentation by having less SoC.

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            • Maxi
            • 8D@
            • 26 Sep 2012

            Now its time for intel.. a new atom, 2 cores, 4 threads is coming.. Will be the best out there, no doubt.

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              • Deepak
              • DQn
              • 26 Sep 2012

              In any case Texas Instruments cannot compete with other brands like Apple and Samsung and Nokia. So it makes sense they are withdrawing from smartphones. They are good only for calculators.

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                • Tony69
                • LaP
                • 26 Sep 2012

                Dee, 26 Sep 2012They are good for making student calculator Are you kidding?
                Texas Instruments are much more than calculators
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
                Everybody should know this companys history :)

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                  • AnonD-73443
                  • HrK
                  • 26 Sep 2012

                  What the bad news......

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mus
                    • 26 Sep 2012

                    Anonymous, 26 Sep 2012Car makers? A declining industry...bad move.It is not a bad move, today's cars have more than hundred embedded chips, and the dependence on those chips is increasing. The industry may be declining for car manufacturers but it is an increasing market for chip makers

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3xj
                      • 26 Sep 2012

                      Car makers? A declining industry...bad move.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • srr
                        • 26 Sep 2012

                        dafuq

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                          • sp3
                          • 26 Sep 2012

                          My Nokia N9 is running nicely on a 3 year old OMAP 3630. :( I agree OMAPs were becoming less popular but speed and battery life also depends on software optimization, y' know?

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                            • Wesley
                            • 3GW
                            • 26 Sep 2012

                            Were the many millions of chips in the Galaxy Nexus, loads of Motorola devices, loads of Archos devices and a few Samsung devices not enough?

                            No more Disqus for comments today?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • msW
                              • 26 Sep 2012

                              TI today, STEricsson next?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4QS
                                • 26 Sep 2012

                                AnonD-72621, 26 Sep 2012Samsung barely makes the chip. Apple spends years designing... moreCause you are high on drugs. Apple spend years designing??? Please get a life. Yeah that's why they have always been identical or nearly identicle to the way Samsung makes their own.

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                                  • dave
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                                  • 26 Sep 2012

                                  finally the nexus sucks because of them.

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                                    • kLX
                                    • 26 Sep 2012

                                    AnonD-8191, 26 Sep 2012Dam... i love OMAP SoC's... this makes me sad :(Suks!!My old Moto Defy used a Ti-Omap stock @800Mhz..Custom Rom and overclocked to 1.2ghz that little phone kicked some serious A$$..

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                                      • 26 Sep 2012

                                      DGAF, 26 Sep 2012Think you'll find apple dont develop chips. The A6 is a SAM... moreSamsung barely makes the chip. Apple spends years designing the A6. Samsung makes them in less than a minute. How dare you say those chips are samsung's.

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                                        • AnonD-8191
                                        • 3pQ
                                        • 26 Sep 2012

                                        Dam... i love OMAP SoC's... this makes me sad :(