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To: Kent Rattey who wrote (2838)	9/6/2000 8:16:20 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197300

Kent, Re: ARM7 to slow? (Yozan aside) << contacts in the industry .... re: Philips W-CDMA baseband ICs based on the ARM7 and Oak DSP cores ... their response ... "our experience tells us that doing high speed data will require a faster microprocessor or a significant amount of on chip memory (or cache) >> There has certainly been a lot of talk about the need for faster processors and increased memory using "devices like digital signal processors, baseband processors and flash memories" that "will have to use 0.18-micron rules" (Nagata of DoCoMo) for 3G multimedia applications. I must say that the quoted article responded very well to a question that was raised, here, and it was interesting to note that several of the companies developing chipsets for WCDMA (or cdma2000) are using faster processors than the ARM7 series which Qualcomm is using in the MSM3300 and will use in the MSM5105 and the iMSM4500 which according to the product page on the Qualcomm website will sample in the fourth quarter of 2000 with production quantities scheduled for the first quarter of 2001. Do your contacts say that the ARM7 is fastest enough for HDR? BTW: There is an interesting article called "The Anglo File: Do You Know Your ARC From Your ARM?" on "The Street today. thestreet.com The article discusses an interesting competitor of ARM's that is about to IPO. Excerpt: >> ARM's dominance of the market for third-generation mobile phones, which will offer data as well as voice services, looks secure, at least in the medium term << Also related to Qualcomm (and its capability to interface to a variety of 3rd party OS's): >> There is a huge battle among Microsoft , Palm and a consortium called Symbian - made up of Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Matsushita and Psion - to establish their operating system as the standard for these new mobile phones. Regardless of who wins, ARM has the intellectual rights to the chip that will power these devices. << - Eric (the other) -