You ask: Is TXN in fact frozen out of the CDMA market at present?
No, TI is lining up with some potential big winners. IDC is one company that will use a TI Custom-DSP based on C62x I think.
see interdigital.com
January 21, 1998
INTERDIGITAL SELECTS TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TO SUPPLY CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
FOR B-CDMA WIRELESS PRODUCTS
King of Prussia, PA, January 21, 1998 . . . InterDigital Communications Corporation (ASE: IDC) announced today that it has selected Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) as its semiconductor supplier to manufacture a custom, highly integrated, chip based on InterDigital's Broadband Code Division Multiple Access™ (B-CDMA™) technology.
InterDigital and its strategic partners intend to use the chip, or custom Digital Signal Processor (cDSP), to provide essential functionality in base stations and subscriber terminals for B-CDMA technology-based Wireless Local Loop (WLL) products and, in later phases, Personal Communications Services (PCS) applications.
"We are pleased to be working with Texas Instruments. This new chip employs an advanced, state-of-the-art design which will greatly reduce the cost, power usage and size of new generation B-CDMA products by combining into one integrated circuit the functionality of over ten integrated circuits. In addition, enhancements will allow higher data throughput (up to 512 kbps) and user capabilities," said John Kaewell, Vice President of ASIC Development for InterDigital.
"Texas Instruments has the capabilities to enable this highly flexible and programmable chip to be customized for a wide variety of applications. InterDigital and its strategic partners will be able to add new features to B-CDMA products and maintain a competitive advantage simply by developing new software," continued Mr. Kaewell.
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