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QUALCOMM announces industry breakthrough

Single-chip solution drives down the cost of handsets
M Shamsur Rahman, back from Hong Kong

http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/11/19/d41119050351.htm

QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, on November 15 announced two industry milestones -- the world's only single-chip solution for CDMA2000 1X and the industry's first CDMA2000 1X radio transceiver.

The world's only single-chip solution for CDMA2000 1X integrates a baseband modem, radio transceiver, power management and multimedia engines into a single chip while the industry's first CDMA2000 1X radio transceiver --a component of this single-chip and a radioOne solution-- combines radio receiver and transmitter functionalities with a single design using cost-effective RF CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) process technology.


QUALCOMM's single-chip solution, initially targeting cost-sensitive and emerging CDMA2000 1X markets, brings basic data and multimedia capabilities to entry-level wireless handsets with an architecture that lowers overall handset development costs.


By integrating modem, RF, power management and multimedia into a single chip, the latest solution in QUALCOMM's Value Platform eliminates discrete components in handset design to lower development costs, reduce bill-of-materials costs and accelerate time to market.


This single-chip solution also lowers the cost of wireless data by allowing operators to provide basic multimedia services on entry-level handsets. QUALCOMM's CDMA2000 1X single-chip solution is expected to sample in the first quarter of calendar 2006.


"QUALCOMM's single-chip solution is a testimony to our relentless innovation--the world's first CDMA2000 1X solution to integrate baseband, RF, power management and multimedia into a single chip," said Dr Sanjay K Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.


This cost-effective solution is the next dimension of our integration strategy, and also built on our groundbreaking radioOne solutions with the industry's first RF CMOS transceiver for CDMA2000 1X, said Dr Sanjay.


QUALCOMM's innovative single-chip architecture simplifies design requirements for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and reduces external components, lowering overall manufacturing costs. So manufacturers can supply price-competitive voice and basic data handsets to more markets worldwide, including China, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia.


The single-chip solution, built on the increased traction and widespread adoption of QUALCOMM's Value Platform solutions, has access to handsets that deliver cost-effective, entry-level multimedia services, including SMS and ringtones, to a larger consumer base.

Vol. 5 Num 173 Fri. November 19, 2004