QUALCOMM Begins Shipments of Highly Integrated CDMA Cell Site Modem Chip
PR Newswire - March 17, 1999 07:46
Power-saving CSM2000 Chip Offers More Than 80% Size Reduction
SAN DIEGO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced it has
begun production shipments, on schedule, of the next-generation
CSM2000(TM) Cell Site Modem (CSM(TM)) chip for CDMA
infrastructure and test equipment.
"The CSM2000 marks a turning point for wireless networks, providing for
more compact, lower-cost CDMA base stations, spurring further growth
in CDMA," said Luis Pineda, director of product management for
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "The on-time, on-schedule delivery
of our CSM2000, with lower cost per channel, and power and space
savings, is indicative of our ongoing commitment to infrastructure
manufacturers and their customers to maximize the efficiency of wireless
networks."
The CSM2000 is a multiple-channel CDMA digital baseband chip,
capable of supporting up to eight forward link channels and eight reverse
link channels. Each channel element performs CDMA searching, CDMA
modulation, CDMA demodulation and Viterbi decoding. The channel
elements are chained together internally which allows CDMA
infrastructure manufacturers who use the new CSM to benefit from only
one set of transmit outputs and a reduction in the drive power required per
channel. This is a significant cost reduction per channel over
QUALCOMM's previous generation of CSM devices, the CSM1.0(TM)
and CSM1.5(TM) devices which supported only one forward link
channel and one reverse link channel per device.
The CSM2000 also provides for a significant reduction in the circuit
board space and lower power consumption per channel. Available in a
128-pin Metric Quad Flat Pack (MQFP) package, the CSM2000
footprint is only 18 percent of the area occupied by eight CSM1.5
devices, allowing a significant space savings for base station hardware.
The high integration of the CSM2000 chip provides more than 75 percent
power savings when replacing eight CSM1.0 devices and more than 50
percent power savings when replacing eight CSM1.5 devices.
Channel integration achieved in the CSM2000 allows a single CSM to
demodulate up to eight simultaneous channels as required for IS-95B high
speed data services and supported by the MSM3000(TM) chip, which
began production shipping to handset manufacturers in January. The
MSM3000, a fifth-generation single-chip Mobile Station Modem
(MSM(TM)), is the most advanced, commercially available MSM chipset
available today and is the first single-chip baseband solution for any
cellular or PCS standard to enable data speeds up to 86.4 kbps.
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies is the leading developer and
supplier of CDMA chipsets, hardware and software solutions and tools
with more than 30 million MSM chips shipped worldwide. The division
supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure
manufacturers including: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO
COMPUTER CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION; FUJITSU
LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.;
KYOCERA CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications,
Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; and Toshiba
Corporation, among others.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) is a leader in developing
and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and
services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The
Company's major business areas include CDMA phones; integrated
CDMA chipsets and system software; wireless infrastructure; technology
licensing; and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS(R) and
portions of the Globalstar(TM) system. QUALCOMM is headquartered
in San Diego, Calif. QUALCOMM's fiscal 1998 revenues exceeded U.S.
$3 billion. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at
qualcomm.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company's ability
to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other
equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to
performance guarantees, change in economic conditions of the various
markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time
to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 27, 1998, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of
QUALCOMM Incorporated. CSM, CSM2000, CSM1.0, CSM1.5,
MSM and MSM3000 are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services,
Incorporated.
SOURCE QUALCOMM Incorporated
/CONTACT: Ed Knowlton, CDMA Technologies Marketing,
619-651-7942, fax:
619-658-1587, eknowlton@qualcomm.com, or Christine Trimble,
Corporate Public
Relations, 619-651-3628, fax: 619-651-2590,
ctrimble@qualcomm.com, or Julie
Cunningham, Investor Relations, 619-658-4224, fax: 619-651-9303,
jcunningham@qualcomm.com, all of QUALCOMM/
/Web site: qualcomm.com
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