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To: tekboy who wrote (27297)	7/5/2000 8:10:58 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Tek, << a poor deluded Fool has taken pity on you >> Thats nice of the Fool. BTW: do they call you Cool Fool? <g> << Well, they're all at the Qualcomm site. They're even linked to graphics of the MSM ASICS >> Your helpful friend is sort of right. I searched Qualcomm site before CDG yesterday but used "MSM5500" rather than "iMSM5500". No results on MSM5500 ... went back and tried it as iMSM5500 and its there, but it does not have linked graphics pdf files like the MSN5000, lets say, and the press release is dated last November but virtually identical to the June 12, 2000 press release I referred to. But ... the June 12, 2000 press release is there, and in the PR section, unlike CDG. Search turns up an 11/08/99 PP presentation with graphics. No detailed specifications. One thing thats throwing me off is the "i" before MSM. Bill Bold's excellent PP presentation has an excellent roadmap showing the MSM5500 (not iMSM5500). cdg.org Perhaps you can ask your friend what the "i" designator is. I suspect it might be interim, or intended or imaginary (or something like that - no specs complete). I thought the chipset was a new release superseding the old. I think the reverse may be true and the purpose of the PR rerelease was to add the text "HDR Roadmap to Include iMSM4500, iMSM5500 and CSM5500 Chipsets to Drive HDR Trials and Commercial Deployment ... Trials of HDR using QUALCOMM's iMSM4500™ Mobile Station Modem (MSM™) chipset and system software, scheduled to begin in the summer of 2000, will offer customers the chance to further evaluate HDR technology". - Eric -

To: tekboy who wrote (27297)	7/6/2000 9:40:47 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Tek (Cha2), Re: QCOM iMSM Family of chipsets << Cha2 and Eric >> With some background coaching from one of "my" friends I have found out what the "i" designator means (iNTERNET) and supposedly has since last September. qualcomm.com "QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Introduces the iMSM Family of Mobile Station Modem Solutions Enabling New Classes of Internet Capable Smart Devices" It seems like the The iMSM family is based on core processor technology from ARM combining dual CPU's on a single chip and will support 3rd party platforms like Microsoft Windows CE operating system and Symbian's platform. Only a few chips have this designator. On Bill Bolds Roadmap (5/24/00) the iMSM4100 is shown (features of the MSM3300) and the MSM4200 (1xMC Smartphone chip). The MSM4500 (1xHDR Trial Chip) is shown and the MSM5500 (1xMC + 1xHDR) are shown. The iMSM4500 and iMSM5500 are not. The MSM5500 has the features of the MSM5100 (which include SIM/R-UIM interface). Good Data Sheets are linked to the descriptions of the MSM5100 on the Qualcomm site. Nothing up to date there for the MSM5500 or iMSM5500. Hopefully the iMSM5500 has the complete MSM5100 feature set. It is after all "just" a roadmap, but off on the far right (end of 2001) are the MSM5110 (3x-MC) and the MSM5200 (3x-DS) chips. Presumably the MSM5200 is Qualcomm's entry level WCDMA chip. - Eric -

To: tekboy who wrote (27297)	7/6/2000 11:00:30 AM
From: Apollo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

"By the way, just found your SI cool posts thread. Another clever idea!" HAH! Where's Apollo's thread, I ask you? Nowhere. zippo. not to be found. an ex-parrot. tekboy/Ares@Irestmycase.com Really??????? Hhhmmmmmmmmmmm...........well, first, let me say that we are privileged to be the recipients of your frequently insightful and witty posts. You are fun to read, as I have told you privately. Second, I'm glad I don't have my own thread. I could never fill UF's shoes, and not even CUF's shoes. Plus, I'm buried in the Day Job anyway. I already spend too much time on SI anyway. But I so value the community herein that I feel compelled to chip in now and then. So, I hope not to ever have my own thread. Third, I think you've had many Cool Posts, but haven't received your due recognition. Trust me, in my profession, I can relate. And Fourth, I wonder if I may quote you on the above? May I? Yes? Okay, great, here goes............ COOL POST Box Score: Stan..........2 Tekboy....."zippo, nowhere to be found"