Qualcomm has 1st UMTS/HSDPS single chips

[Fire14]

Qualcomm Introduces First Single-Chip UMTS and HSDPA Solutions

Qualcomm has announced an expansion to its Qualcomm Single Chip (QSC) family to include support for UMTS. The company says that the new QSC6240 product for WEDGE (WCDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and QSC6270 product for HEDGE (HSDPA/WCDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE) are the world's first solutions to integrate a monolithic die -- with integrated radio transceiver, baseband modem and multimedia processor -- together with power management functionality into a single chip for WCDMA (UMTS) and HSDPA handsets.

"By introducing our fourth generation of single-chip solutions that include WCDMA/EDGE and HSDPA/EDGE, Qualcomm is making the high-speed data and rich multimedia capabilities of 3G technologies accessible to a much wider base of wireless users around the world," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "Qualcomm is leveraging its technology leadership in 3G and single-chip design to significantly drive down the cost of 3G handsets and considerably reduce time to market by offering the world's first single-chip WCDMA and HSDPA solutions."

The high levels of integration in the QSC6240 and QSC6270 solutions significantly reduce bill-of-materials costs and discrete components, delivering board-area savings of up to 50 percent. The two solutions leverage cost-efficient 65nm CMOS process technology and significantly improve power efficiency for longer talk/standby times and an enhanced multimedia user experience.


www.cellular-news.com/story/20409.php

[agentHibby]

I am glad to see Qualcomm doing something that does not have anything to do with CDMA2000.

Wonder how many phone companies will buy their W-CDMA products?

[Jay2TheRescue]

Sounds good to me. 3G + extended battery life & lower cost? How long till these chips are in production models?

-Jay

[Bugwart]

Originally Posted by agentHibby

I am glad to see Qualcomm doing something that does not have anything to do with CDMA2000.

Wonder how many phone companies will buy their W-CDMA products?

QCOM has been in the wCDMA business for quite a while. It is CDMA, QCOM's core technology.

Just how good QCOM's wCDMA chipsets are was indicated when Nokia, and others became suiers (or is it sewers?) of QCOM because they could not beat them in the market place.

[viewfly]

This Phonescoop post relates to the same story, but written differently. Wow, a low battery drain, small chip that has Quad GSM and tri band UTMS (4GSM), plus camera, etc. Coming in 2008


Qualcomm has introduced a new single chip solution for phones that combines quad-band GSM / EDGE with tri-band UMTS or HSDPA. The 3G frequencies can be tuned to be Euro-centric (900/1800/2100), America centric (850/1700/1900) or any combination of 1 low frequency and 2 high frequency bands. The chip can also provide a variety of multimedia features like support for 3 Megapixel cameras, 15 fps video recording, advanced audio and video playback and USB 2.0 High Speed. Not only can this one chip provide the functionality included in mid-range 3G handsets, it is only 1/2 inch square. This should help manufacturers to reduce the size and increase battery life of future 3G phones. However samples of the chip will not be available until late next year, and phones using it will probably not hit shelves until 2008.