This is an exciting time in the mobile device industry, as new levels of performance and integration are enabling dramatic new capabilities that were only dreams in sci-fi movies in the recent past. We believe that the next big revolution involves how consumers "watch" and "interact" with their mobile devices, transforming how they will be used in our daily lives. We envision a world where stereoscopic 3D imaging and video, touchless gesturing and pico-projection display technology enable a wealth of new interactive visual applications and use cases that go far beyond what we can do with today's 2D displays and touchscreens. As we announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the TI OMAPTM 4 platform provides unmatched, unique capabilities to usher in this new era of Human Device Interactions (HDI) that complement traditional methods.
New HDI technologies will allow us to do amazing new things with our mobile devices by using natural and intuitive interactions such as gesturing (waving your hand, pointing, flicking your fingers, etc.) for touchless control along with projection of a large display on surfaces to break the limitation of small mobile screens. Combining these capabilities, you can perform real-time manipulation and interaction with projected images. The possibilities for HDI are even more exciting when you incorporate 3D stereoscopic imaging and video to offer even more compelling and immersive user experiences. Beyond the interactive control and display aspects, intelligent object recognition and video analytics will enable new applications in security, gaming, automated information gathering, among many others.
Many advanced technologies and years of related expertise are required to bring this new interactive visual world to life in mobile devices. The OMAP 4 platform truly offers a unique combination of capabilities that open up a whole new world of possibilities that others can't support efficiently in mobile devices or even at all. Let's take a look at these key platform differentiators with the key being the integration of these capabilities in a single, power-efficient platform.
The OMAP 4 platform starts with inherent support for stereoscopic cameras and displays to interface to the 3D world. It integrates several highly-efficient, specialized processing engines to support the unique, visual computing needs of HDI. These engines include a best-in-class programmable Image Signal Processor (ISP) that supports 3D stereoscopic imaging and video, real-time, multi-face detection hardware, a VLIW C64x-based, programmable Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for image/gesture recognition and video analytics, a multi-shader engine Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) with support for OpenCL visual computing and an Imaging Video Accelerator (IVA) that supports 30 frames per second 1080p, as well as 720p stereoscopic 3D video record and playback. The platform also includes an advanced display controller with four graphics/video pipelines and support for multiple displays and HDMI output. On top of all these technologies integrated in a single 12x12mm package, TI offers the industry-leading DLP® Pico™ technology for display projection with the OMAP 4 platform to round out a complete offering for HDI support.
On top of the technology and TI's multi-year visual expertise, the OMAP platform is supported by a strong ecosystem of over 400 partners to offer innovations and software that our customers can leverage to offer a differentiating product. There are several companies today developing HDI-related algorithms and applications on the OMAP 4 platform. A few of these are highlighted in HDI demonstrations at MWC this week to show that this is real and happening today. The future of interaction with mobile devices is very exciting. I encourage you to consider the possibilities and help drive future mobile HDI innovations that only the OMAP platform can fully enable today.
