ST, TI declare support for 'broadband' cmda2000
By Peter Clarke
Silicon Strategies
12/09/2003, 7:46 AM ET
GENEVA, Switzerland -- STMicroelectronics NV and Texas Instruments Inc. are developing a cdma2000 1xEV-DV chipset, ST said Tuesday (December 9, 2003).
ST and TI plan to market the solution jointly to manufacturers looking to develop cdma2000 1xEV-DV mobile Internet handsets. Availability of samples is expected in early 2004. Shipments of production-qualified devices are expected by the end of 2004, ST said.
The EV-DV development is the so-called 'evolution for data and voice' upgrade to the cdma2000 standard to allow broadband capabilities on handsets. TI and ST announced they were sampling a chipset for current cdma2000 1x standard at the end of last week (see December 5 story).
This cdma2000 1xEV-DV is set to provide Internet connectivity at ten times the speed provided by current cdma2000 1x and GPRS solutions. The standard provides packet data capabilities with typical throughput ranging from 420 kilobits-per-second to 1.7 megabits-per-second (Mbps) and peak data rates up to 3.1-Mbit/s.
"This technology will make new applications such as high quality streaming video, video on demand, and video telephony more efficient and customer-friendly," said Oliver Valente, vice president of technology development at service provider Sprint Inc., in a statement issued by STMicro.
The TI and ST chipset is being designed to support Release C of the 1xEV-DV standard, the first version of the standard to be commercialized, ST said. The companies also intend to support Release D, which includes support for increase data rates back to the basestation. |
