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To: tekboy who wrote (27297)7/6/2000 9:40:47 AM
From: Eric L  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
Tek (Cha2),

Re: QCOM iMSM Family of chipsets

<< Cha2 and Eric >>

With some background coaching from one of "my" friends I have found out what the "i" designator means (iNTERNET) and supposedly has since last September.

qualcomm.com

"QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Introduces the iMSM Family of Mobile Station Modem Solutions Enabling New Classes of Internet Capable Smart Devices"

It seems like the The iMSM family is based on core processor technology from ARM combining dual CPU's on a single chip and will support 3rd party platforms like Microsoft Windows CE operating system and Symbian's platform.

Only a few chips have this designator. On Bill Bolds Roadmap (5/24/00) the iMSM4100 is shown (features of the MSM3300) and the MSM4200 (1xMC Smartphone chip).

The MSM4500 (1xHDR Trial Chip) is shown and the MSM5500 (1xMC + 1xHDR) are shown. The iMSM4500 and iMSM5500 are not. The MSM5500 has the features of the MSM5100 (which include SIM/R-UIM interface). Good Data Sheets are linked to the descriptions of the MSM5100 on the Qualcomm site. Nothing up to date there for the MSM5500 or iMSM5500. Hopefully the iMSM5500 has the complete MSM5100 feature set.

It is after all "just" a roadmap, but off on the far right (end of 2001) are the MSM5110 (3x-MC) and the MSM5200 (3x-DS) chips. Presumably the MSM5200 is Qualcomm's entry level WCDMA chip.

- Eric -
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