TI's OMAP-DM5x coprocessors promise 20MP cameraphones, 720p recording and freedom from heartache

by Darren Murph Oct 16th 2009 @ 9:26AM

Another season, another Texas Instruments coprocessor for us to wonder about. For what feels like ages now, TI has been pumping out silicon that promises to bring high-def recording capabilities to cellphones, but by and large, most everything has been stuck at VGA or below. Oh sure, we've seen our first batch of 12 megapixel cameraphones, but it's not like those things are replacing DSLRs en masse. Bitterness aside, the OMAP-DM525 coprocessor is supposedly capable of bringing 20 megapixel imaging to handsets along with 720p video recording, while the OMAP-DM515 hits the ceiling at 12 megapixels. Of course, the DM525 won't actually be ready for volume production until sometime next year, but here's hoping a sample or two slips out at CES.

[Via LetsGoDigital]

Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Misc

Tags: 20mp, camera, cameraphone, cellphone, coprocessor, digital imaging, DigitalImaging, hd, hd cellphone, HdCellphone, high-def, imaging, multimedia, OMAP-DM515, OMAP-DM525, OMAP-DM5x, processor, sensor

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mtvis4luzers @ Oct 16th 2009 11:29AM

and Intel promises to let theses ARM hooligans have their 15 minutes now, then crush them when they bring the might of x86 SoCs to mobile phones in 2012

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