[ My apologies if this is a duplicate post, I'm having trouble with
news.palmos.com ]

I've unsuccessfully scoured the internet for about half an hour for
answers
to these questions.  Kindly let me know if there is a better forum for
their
discussion!  I am confusion about a few things.

1) On December 17, 2001, Palm announced that it would use TI's OMAP
processors to power -some- of its future higher-end professional
products.
As I understand it, OMAP basically mates an ARM core with a DSP.  To
date,
I've not seen any announcement as to precisely which components will
comprise this OMAP processor.  I've seen one configuration as "OMAP
1510,"
and another simply as a TMS320C55x DSP + ARM 925T CPU.  I'm very
interested
in researching the hardware caching dynamics (if there's a hardware
cache)
and other architectural implications of this move to the TI OMAP
processor.
Has there been any news on precisely what hardware will go in to these
OMAP
Palm devices?

2)  There are at least two different ARM chips -- Motorola's Dragonball
MX1
with the ARM920T core, and Texas Instrument's OMAP processor, with a
core
unbeknownst to me (ARM925T?).  Again, Palm says it will stick with TI
for
most of its new devices -- yet, Motorola is going to keep chugging away
with
new versions of Codewarrior for ARM.  Does this schism mean that PalmOS
licensees might combine PalmOS + Dragonball MX1, while Palm devices will
combine PalmOS + TI's OMAP architecture?  Will Codewarrior for ARM be
able
to compile for both the Motorla and TI scenarios, or will a new IDE need
to
be introduced (!!)?

Thanks!
-Jeff Ishaq
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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