STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments (TI) began sampling their first cdma2000 1X chipset. Utilizing components from the wireless portfolios of both companies, the new cdma2000 1X solution provides a hardware and software platform aimed at reducing power consumption, component count, board space and bill of materials (BOM) costs for handset manufacturers. The joint chipset offers advanced features such as support for concurrent assisted global positioning system (A-GPS), along with high level integrated digital and analog ICs and direct conversion radio. TI is supplying the digital baseband and radio frequency (RF) receiver and transmitter chips. ST is supplying the integrated analog baseband and power management device. The design supports digital still cameras (DSCs), color displays, polyphonic ring-tones and other popular add-on features for voice-centric and feature-rich wireless handsets.
"The new cdma2000 1X solution provides an open and flexible platform that will encourage growth in the CDMA chipset market," said Rick Kornfeld, vice president, general manager of TI´s wireless chipset business."
"By uniting our strengths, ST and TI will provide handset manufacturers with a portfolio of CDMA solutions that will target multiple markets and fuel industry growth," said Loic Lietar, vice president of ST's Cellular Terminal Division."
The companies said they are committed to expanding the CDMA platform to cover all market segments, geographic segments, and future evolutions of modem technologies such as 1xEV-DV.
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- TI and ST first announced their intention to enter the cdma2000 market in May 2003.
