Nokia welcomes the OMAPI initiative to establish an open application processor interface.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003 Nokia acknowledges that the OMAPI OMAPI Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces (SM) standard initiative, announced by STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. in December 2002, is a significant and positive step in building open mobile application processor interfaces, as well as boosting growth in the mobile industry. Harmonization har·mo·nize v. har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing, har·mo·niz·es v.tr. 1. To bring or come into agreement or harmony. See Synonyms at agree. 2. Music To provide harmony for (a melody). in the application processor interfaces is becoming increasingly important as multimedia enabled mobile terminals and new applications are making their way to the mass market. The OMAPI standard provides the Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces for application processors targeting 2.5G and 3G mobile phones, PDAs and other portable and multimedia products. The OMAPI standard will be comprised of a set of software interfaces to the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and a set of hardware interfaces defining common application peripherals. As part of the first phase of the initiative ST and TI have developed common software and hardware interfaces to maximize application software re-use and accelerate the design cycle, resulting in rapid innovation and faster time to market for mobile manufacturers. "Nokia is pleased to see that the semiconductor industry is adopting a similar approach to its business as the mobile industry has done in respect to middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a harmonization through the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. ). By developing common interfaces, the semiconductor manufacturers significantly reduce the amount of work needed for implementing their products in mobile terminals. But even more importantly, the benefits of their cooperation extend across the entire mobile value chain by reducing complexity and fuelling innovation in terms of application and peripheral development and reducing cost. We are looking forward to seeing a strong success of the OMAPI initiative, and we expect that other companies in the mobile industry will also support the pioneering work done by STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments," says Yrjo Neuvo, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia Mobile Phones. For more information about the OMAPI standard, please visit: www.omapi.org/ About Nokia: Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges. Trademark: OMAPI is a jointly owned service mark of Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics |
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