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To: slacker711 who wrote (41098)	6/15/2004 8:06:34 AM
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SKT Asks Qualcomm To Develop CDM/CDMA Chip For Satellite DMB Receiver english.etnews.co.kr Tuesday, June 15, 2004 By Sung Ho-chul SK Telecom and its satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service subsidiary TU Media have reportedly proposed Qualcomm of the United States to develop a single chip combining a code division multiplexing (CDM) and CDMA chip. Sources from the industry said yesterday that both SK Telecom and its subsidiary TU Media have requested Qualcomm to develop and supply CDM/CDMA combined chip to be used for satellite DMB receivers. To these requests, Qualcomm is said to decide whether or not to develop such a chip and to present to SK Telecom and TU Media conditions for collaboration by the end of this month. Industry observers expect the CDM/CDMA combined chip to contribute to reducing prices of satellite DMB receivers while sharply reducing their consumption of power when it is commercialized. The dual-function chip is also seen to give a blow to Samsung Electronics and Japan's Toshiba which have already developed CDM chips for satellite DMB gears. "The company proposed to Qualcomm to incorporate satellite DMB receiving functions in its 'MSM7000' chip series and supply engineering samples by the middle of next year, enabling mobile phone makers to roll out satellite DMB phones installed with that chip toward the end of next year," said a manager at TU Media. "We first asked Qualcomm to develop the new combined chip by the end of this year, and then expressed our desire to have its engineering samples as soon as possible," said a manager at SK Telecom. "With a consensus on technological terms, the two parties are narrowing down differences in several points including patent licensing, development timetable and timing of launching commercial production," he added. "We do not want to disclose conditions of our negotiation, and no decision has been made for now," said Qualcomm. "CDMA chip combined with satellite DMB signal processing technology will allow to reduce the size of handset and lower its price while extending the time of playing back TV programs continuously," said an industry expert. "The combined chip will contribute to fast spread of satellite DMB service." Besides, Qualcomm plans to unveil at the end of this month a new CDMA chip 'MSM6550' that can process multimedia of satellite DMB, featuring both MPEG4 AVC and AAC Plus functions.

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