NEW! VAR-SOM-OM54, fastest ARM SOM today! 2.0 GHz Dual Cortex-A15

Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012

Variscite releases the next-generation VAR-SOM-OM54 based on TI’s OMAP5 processor

Just when the market thought processing couldn’t get any faster, Variscite launches the VAR-SOM-OM54 and once again changes the rules of the game. The VAR-SOM-OM54 leverages cutting-edge performance capabilities for embedded and industrial product designs. Based on the OMAP5432 processor from Texas Instruments (TI), this game-changing System On Module (SOM) offers a CPU performance boost of more than 50 percent as compared with the VAR-SOM-OM44 (based on the OMAP4460 processor). With an integrated POWERVR™ SGX544-MPx graphics core and other key accelerators on the OMAP 5 processor, the VAR-SOM-OM54 can handle the most advanced multimedia tasks, including 1080p60 video encoding/decoding, while maintaining low power levels.

Key features of the VAR-SOM-OM54 include:

· TI’s OMAP5432 processor, with two ARM Cortex-A15 MPCores running up to 2.0GHz each

· Imagination Technologies POWERVR™ SGX544-MPx graphics core

· Full HD 1080p60 video encode/decode capability

· Simultaneous multiple display support

· Gigabit Ethernet

· S-ATA

· USB 3.0 OTG

· Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

· Bluetooth(R) v4.0 technology

VAR-SOM-OM54 Block Diagram

“Our OMAP processor team is proud to extend our relationship with Variscite, and to work with them to bring the OMAP 5 processor-based VAR-SOM-OM54 module to industrial developers,” said Michael Schoonover, industrial business development manager, OMAP platform business unit, TI. “With a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 foundation, the OMAP 5 processor inside the VAR-SOM-OM54 provides designers with the optimal combination of rich multimedia functionality, high-performance processing and low power.”

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