SAN DIEGO -- Qualcomm Inc. here today officially announced its cellular-phone and base-station chip set line that would enable handsets to obtain wireless data like the Internet at speeds up to 2.4-Mbits.
The new MSM5500 and CSM5500 line of chip sets supports the so-called 1x Evolution (1xEV) standard. This technology evolved from Qualcomm's proprietary High Data Rate (HDR) scheme, which enables wireless data at speeds up to 2.4-Mbits.
1xEV uses a spectrally efficient 1.25-MHz channel to provide a peak rate data throughput of 2.4-Mbits. This technology will provide the lowest cost per bit of any existing technology for wireless high-speed data transmission, said Don Schrock, president of Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies Division.
The MSM5500 chip set and system software provides several features on the same device, including Bluetooth, GPS, MP3, MPEG-4, and Compact Media Extension (CMX) MIDI-based multimedia software.
Housed in a 208-pin FBGA package, the chip set will begin sampling in the second quarter of 2001, with production quantities expected during the third quarter of next year.
The other product, the CSM5500, is designed for use in wireless base stations. "Our CSM5500 cell site modem provides an end-to-end solution for infrastructure operators," Schrock said.
"The CSM5500 solution, with its high-capacity and high-speed wireless data capabilities, supports the delivery of the full spectrum of wireless Internet functionality to the broad consumer market," he added. "This includes streaming video and other multimedia content that is available today in practical terms only over fixed networks."
The CSM5500 device is an end-to-end tested 1xEV solution that works in conjunction with the MSM5500. Each CSM5500 device can operate in one of three modes: modulator, demodulator, or decoder. When implemented in Qualcomm's current 1xEV modem architecture, the chip set provides support for three sectors with up to 32 users per sector.
Samples of the CSM5500 chip sets and system software are expected to be available during the second quarter of 2001, with production quantities expected during the third quarter of 2001. Prices for both products were not disclosed, however.
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