Date: 05/06/2012

TI support Wi-Fi Miracast for OMAP processors and WiLink connectivity solutions

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced the availability of the 'Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast' supported solution for mobile devices. The Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi Display Specification is a new standard that enables user to reliably display full high definition (HD) content from a mobile device onto a larger screen over a secure, low latency, wireless network connection.

The Wi-Fi Alliance's Miracast certification program defines a standards-based solution for streaming video and audio content over a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi Direct wireless network. This ensures interoperability between Miracast devices including mobile phones and tablets, HDTVs, projectors and audio receivers.

TI's offering leverages the low power multimedia processing and M-Shield content security capabilities of the OMAP platform jointly with the robust WiLink connectivity product line. Together, these devices provide an optimized solution that is designed for Miracast certification, which will be available later this year.

"Social 'sharing' of a visual experience has become part of our daily lives, and TI is pleased to offer a solution that brings the content consumers enjoy on their mobile devices to the large screen - enabling an easy shared experience with friends and family. From the latest trending YouTube video, accessing music and photos stored on the cloud, premium HD movies, interactive Web browsing or even gaming, we believe Miracast will play an important role in enabling true seamless content sharing between mobile screens and large displays," said Remi El-Ouazzane, vice president and general manager, OMAP platform, TI.

TI plans to bring Miracast experiences to Android smartphones and tablets. The company delivers the hardware and software resources to Android device manufacturers to fully leverage Miracast capabilities into differentiated user experiences including:

1. Multitasking while streaming
2. End-to-end streaming
3. Protected premium content
4. Wider content choice for the playback experience
5. UI mirroring for big screen gaming
This solution is available now to high volume OEMs and ODMs. TI plans to have a solution for Miracast using the OMAP 5 processor and WiLink 8.0 solution later this year.