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TI Enables Ford to Redefine the User Experience in Ford’s SYNC 3

Integration of TI’s processor, connectivity and analog solutions enhances connected-car capabilities

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Texas Instruments (TI) and Ford Motor Company have collaborated on an infotainment solution that enhances the way consumers interact with their vehicles. The new Ford SYNC 3, a communications and entertainment system, incorporates TI’s OMAP 5 processor, a member of the Jacinto family of automotive processors, the WiLink 8Q platform, a single-chip combining high performance Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GNSS, as well as power management and FPD-Link III serializer/deserializer (SerDes) wired connectivity solutions.

Together the TI devices provide improved performance for enhanced voice recognition and navigation, quality hands-free Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi enabled software updates and enhanced driver interactivity.

“When Ford selected TI as a strategic partner in the development of this innovative system, we saw this as an opportunity to work with an industry leader to leverage our long standing history in automotive. Through our expansive technical support we were able to quickly deliver a game-changing product Ford customers will use today,” said Curt Moore, Automotive Processors general manager, TI.

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