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Leading the Digital Revolution
15 years of DSP
Memory
Mixed-Signal and Analog
Networking
Wireless
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TI to provide Java-enabled DSP SolutionsAlready the wireless industry's leading platform, TI DSP Solutions just got a little hotter with the announcement that Texas Instruments intends to license the EmbeddedJava and PersonalJava programming environments from Sun Microsystems Inc. The agreement will allow TI to deliver Java™ capabilities on any of its processor platforms, including TI's industry-leading TMS320 family of digital signal processors (DSPs), for end equipments such as digital cellular phones, pagers and wireless local loop terminals. Personal communications products based on Java-enabled DSPs will be able to derive functionality from the wireless network or the Internet. Applications, which are called applets, will not have to be resident in the equipment. Rather, the individual applications will be downloaded from the network upon request. This approach will create a new class of independent software developers and will enhance revenue opportunities for wireless service providers in an increasingly competitive environment. The TI Wireless Communications Business Unit will incorporate the EmbeddedJava and PersonalJava specifications into its wireless communications platforms. TI also will have the right to offer a Java option on any of its processor platforms targeted for embedded systems in consumer products. TI is working with its customers and third parties to define how Java technology will be packaged and delivered, and it plans to offer Java-enabled wireless communications products based on its digital baseband platform in 1998. TI's industry-leading digital baseband platform integrates all the digital baseband functions necessary for the design of digital cellular telephones using any transmission standard in the world. With Java, TI will be able to complement its digital baseband platform with a software platform that facilitates the delivery of enhanced information capabilities. Potential applications might include map-based navigation, speech recognition and fixed image-based services over cellular networks. For more information about TI's Wireless Communications Business Unit and its products, see www.ti.com/sc/docs/wireless/home.htm Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc.
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