Hasta La Gadget!

Texas Instruments (TI) has said that they will no longer be developing new OMAP processors for smartphones and tablets, as TI cited that their range of OMAP boards have started to become less and less popular among mobile manufacturers, considering how the majority of them have started to place good money on Qualcomm. Not only that, big players in the industry such as Samsung and Apple are working on their very own in-house solutions, meaning OMAP is going to go the way of the dodo pretty soon. After all, one of the glaring disadvantages of the OMAP chipset would be a lack of an on-board 3G/4G modem.

This means manufacturers who have devices that are powered by OMAP chipsets will need to make sure that their hardware come with extra radio chips, resulting in an increased battery consumption as well as escalating production costs. Having said that, this could be one of the major reasons as to why Qualcomm’s suite of complete solutions have become more and more popular over time. Adios OMAP, you will not be missed.

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