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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
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To: carranza2 who wrote (61267)3/22/2007 7:43:17 AM
From: rkral  Read Replies (1) of 197421
 
"So long as it is not programmed, it isn't.

The problem is that nobody will import a blank ASIC, then program it in the US, then export it for incorporation into a handset that will end up being imported into the US."

You write about Qualcomm ASICs as if they were programmable ASICs - programmable logic devices (PLDs) or field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), at least in part.

Firstly, I can't find the term "programmable ASIC" anywhere on Qualcomm's website. Secondly, all the MSMxxxx data sheets I've reviewed illustrate NAND flash memory external to the MSM. The NAND flash memory is typically used for storing the "operating program" and configuration parameters.

From where have you gotten the idea that the MSM device itself is programmable?
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