TI Utilizes OCP in Leading-edge OMAP2 Architecture

The OCP interface is at the heart of the new OMAP™ 2 “All-in-One-Entertainment” architecture from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). This represents the world’s largest point usage for the OCP interface. Specifically targeting 2.5G and 3G mobile phones, the OMAP2 architecture is the second generation of the processors to utilize the OCP interface; previous generations include the OMAP16xx and OMAP17xx product series.

Using OCP in OMAP chips allows TI designers to build their cores independent of specific bus protocols, and of any particular design implementation. This allows easier reuse of OCP-compliant cores across multiple SoC designs. OCP eliminates the need to repeatedly modify the core itself and preserves the verification and testbenches by defining all the core’s natural interface capabilities to be presented in an unchanging, universally understood manner. The latest OMAP2 processor contains more than 50 OCP-compliant building blocks.

By developing the OMAP2 architecture in compliance with the OCP specification, TI has achieved a very flexible architecture that enables them to easily mix and match building blocks to quickly address different market needs and time to market requirements.

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