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Technology Stocks : The New Qualcomm - a S&P500 company

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To: Bux who wrote (7457)	3/13/2000 3:59:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (2) of 13582

Bux and Chaz, I would assume Q engineers already have the needed expertise to design a dual-mode GSM/CDMA chip. I wouldn't be so complacent, if I were you. QCOM's weaknesses in the software field are well known, and GSM has a particularly complex software stack, especially compared with IS-95. Especially difficult is designing an Application Programmers Interface (API) for the chip and software, which adequately meets the needs of the ASIC customer. It is this area. in particular, that QCOM has come in for most criticism. Finally, field trials will present some unique difficulties which I know QCOM hasn't faced before. For these reasons, I suspect they will not be developing GSM in-house. They will enter into a JV. Seimens is top of my list of favorites, followed by Philips/VLSI. NOK would be an extreme long shot.

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