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To: puzzlecraft who wrote (31845)	6/6/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Info on the MSM5000 (the Q's CDMA2000 chip). Sampling by the end of the year. Qualcomm shows 3G ICs Mark LaPedus Silicon Valley- Getting an early jump on the market for next-generation wireless networks, cell-phone powerhouse Qualcomm Inc. has rolled out a chip family for advanced handsets and base stations. The new devices are targeting the third-generation (3G) standard, a technology designed to unify today's digital-cellular protocols-CDMA, GSM, and TDMA-under one umbrella. To date, however, 3G has been in a state of chaos, with two camps competing for dominance-wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) and cdma2000. Qualcomm is leading the charge in the cdma2000 arena, while Ericsson, Nokia, NTT, and others are pushing W-CDMA. A third digital-cellular technology moving into the 3G space, the UWC-136 standard, is essentially an upgraded version of today's TDMA digital-cellular wireless networks. Still, the worldwide market for 3G handsets is projected to grow from $1.5 billion in 2001 to $9.2 billion by 2005, according to Forward Concepts Co., Tempe, Ariz. And the market for infrastructure equipment to support 3G services is expected to grow from $1.3 billion in 2001 to $5.3 billion by 2003. As the latest company to jump into the 3G fray, San Diego-based Qualcomm hopes its cdma2000-based 3G chips will add to its portfolio of baseband processors and RF components. "We have a very aggressive roadmap to support cdma2000," said Johan Lodenius, vice president of marketing for Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies Division, the company's semiconductor arm. "We're also studying W-CDMA, but we have not finalized our plans in this area." Qualcomm's initial offerings are the MSM5000 (Mobile Station Modem), a digital baseband chipset designed for 3G handsets, and the CSM5000 (Cell Site Modem), which is geared for base stations and related infrastructure products. The low-power MSM5000 chipset operates between 2.3 and 2.7 V. Compliant with the cdma2000 Phase One standard, the device boasts a 50% increase in standby times over existing products, according to Qualcomm. The chipset includes software that enables wireless packet data, Internet transmission, voice recognition, and related services. Data rates for the chipset range from 144 to 153.6 Kbits/s, compared with typical CDMA chipset speeds of 28.8 Kbits/s. Pin-compatible with the company's MSM3000 chip line, the MSM5000 is offered in a 196-pin PBGA package. Qualcomm's other cdma2000 chipset, the CSM5000, comes in a 352-pin BGA package. Both devices will begin sampling by the end of the year. Copyright ® 1999 CMP Media Inc.