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To: JGoren who wrote (19662)	12/14/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) of 152472

JG - is the chip rate a function of manufacture? I don't actually know since I don't know very much about the implementation of the internal hardware of CDMA equipment. But I would be pretty confident that at least some of hardware in the current phones is hardwired equipment that precludes it being forward compatible (and based on my knowledge of timing systems in other areas, and the fuss that Qualcomm is making over it, chip rate (as a high frequency, precise timing signal) is probably one such restraint on forward compatibility). If you want a certain answer as opposed to a 90% answer, engineer is probably the one to ask. Note that the lack of forward compatibility should not be a surprise since almost nothing is ever made forward compatible - I challenge you to find any commercial software that uses the new features of the next generation Intel processor or MS Operating System. Clark

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