Nomadik is a family of microprocessors for multimedia applications from STMicroelectronics, and later ST-NXP Wireless. It was originally based on the ARM9 (and later ARM11) ARM architecture(s), and was designed specifically for use in mobile devices.
On December 12, 2002, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments jointly announced an initiative for Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces (OMAPI) intended to be used with 2.5 and 3G mobile phones, that were going to be produced during 2003.[1] (This was later merged into a larger initiative and renamed the MIPI alliance.) The Nomadik was STMicroelectronics' implementation of the MIPI interconnect standard.[2] Nomadik was first presented on October 7, 2003 in the CEATEC show in Tokyo,[3] and later that year the Nomadik won the Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Award for application processors.[4]
The family was aimed at 2.5G/3G mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other portable wireless products with multimedia capability. In addition it was suitable for automotive multimedia applications. The most known device using the Nomadik processor was the Nokia N96 which used the STn8815 version of the chip. When the N96 debuted in 2008, the absence of a GPU was noticed.[5]
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- ^ "Nomadik™ Multimedia Processor". STMicroelectronics. 2002-12-12. Archived from the original on 2003-02-20. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "STMicroelectronics Demonstrates Nomadik(TM) Multimedia Application Processor at CEATEC Japan Show". STMicroelectronics. 2003-10-07. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ Glaskowsky, Peter N. (2003-12-09). "Microprocessor Report Announces Finalists for the Fifth Annual Analysts' Choice Awards". BusinessWire. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ Nokia N96 Hands-on Preview