QCOM ships 5100 ASIC sample shipments. This 1X chip is the Holy Grail of ASICS. It does it all --307K bpd data, Snap Track GPS, high end features. Handset makers that don't design a phone around this chip will simply be left out of the CDMA revolution.
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces On-Time Sample Shipment of World's First 3G 1x Solution with
Advanced Position Location Capabilities and Support for Data Rates of up to 307 Kbps
MSM5100 Integrated Circuit, System Software and SURF Development Platform Supports 3G CDMA2000 1x with
Key Wireless Internet Launchpad Features
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001--QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer
and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced the
on-time sample shipment of the MSM5100(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) integrated circuit, including the
initial release of the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) Dual-Mode Subscriber Software (DMSS(TM))
technology and Subscriber Unit Reference (SURF(TM)) development platform. The MSM5100 integrated circuit and
system software, along with key components of QCT's Wireless Internet Launchpad(TM) suite of advanced
technologies, provide handset manufacturers and third-generation (3G) 1x system operators with the ability to deliver
the highest level of integration for 3G handsets and quickly roll out new 3G services to their subscribers.
``The MSM5100 integrated circuit and system software, together with the accompanying SURF development
platform, delivers our second generation of 3G multimedia solutions, complementing the MSM5105 device that
sampled in January 2001,'' said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ``The MSM5100
solution will enable manufacturers to roll out cost-effective 1x handsets and offers the key technologies of QCT's
Wireless Internet Launchpad portfolio, including exciting new services such as streaming video and wireless video
conferencing, as well as support for E9-1-1 and high-accuracy position location capabilities.''
The MSM5100 integrated circuit and system software solution supports data rates of up to 307 kilobits per second
(kbps) in the forward link. Capable of providing up to a 50 percent increase in standby times, and up to twice the
overall capacity for voice of IS-95A/B systems, the MSM5100 solution will allow manufacturers to develop
state-of-the-art 3G handsets that feature the most complete set of positioning, multimedia and other advanced features
available in the wireless industry.
The MSM5100 solution incorporates QCT's Wireless Internet Launchpad suite, enabling a broad range of new
terminal products, applications and Internet services, including gpsOne(TM) position location solution and
Bluetooth(TM), as well as multimedia features such as Qtunes(TM) Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG-1)
Layer-3 (MP3) player software and Compact Media Extension (CMX(TM)) Musical Instrument Digital Interface
(MIDI)-based multimedia software. The MSM5100 device also supports the Binary Runtime Environment for
Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) applications platform.
The gpsOne solution, which integrates SnapTrack(TM) technology with Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite
and network information, provides a high-availability solution that offers industry-leading accuracy and performance.
The gpsOne solution provides the world's most available and cost-effective solution for wireless position location
technology in a mobile handset for CDMA cellular and Personal Communications Service (PCS) networks, and will
meet the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate requiring wireless operators to provide the location of
911 calls (E9-1-1). The MSM5100 solution also enables a broad range of future 3G GPS-related software and
services, including navigation information, area-specific weather forecasts, traffic reports and commercial tracking
services, as well as a broad range of entertainment applications, including online chat and bulletin boards.
The MSM5100 integrated circuit also provides the most efficient solution to integrate Bluetooth digital baseband
processing into a comprehensive 3G CDMA integrated circuit and system software solution. Bluetooth is a
short-range radio technology that eliminates the need for wired connections between digital devices, and is becoming
an industry standard to ensure that computing and telecommunications equipment can communicate easily. Bluetooth
provides a universal bridge to existing data networks, a peripheral interface, and a mechanism to form small, private ad
hoc groupings of connected devices away from fixed network infrastructures.
Optional software from QUALCOMM for the MSM5100 solution enables advanced audio features such as Qtunes
MP3 player software and CMX MIDI-based multimedia software. MP3 is a standard audio file format for
compressing a sound sequence into about one-twelfth the size of the original file with very little loss in sound quality.
These enhancements will allow a wide variety of future wireless music applications, including karaoke phones, MP3
player phones and more.
The MSM5100 solution also integrates a mass storage device controller, such as a Multimedia Card (MMC) interface,
which will provide an effective interconnection to much larger memory space to store MP3 music data or mapping
data from a geographical navigation service.
The MSM5100 solution is available in a 208-ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA) production package, and is
pin-compatible with the MSM3300(TM) IS-95A/B integrated circuit, which will enable handset manufacturers to
reduce the time-to-market for highly integrated and feature rich 3G CDMA2000 handsets as 3G networks and services
are being rolled out.
QCT, a division of QUALCOMM Incorporated, is a developer and supplier of CDMA integrated circuits, hardware
and software solutions, and tools, with more than 133 million cumulative shipments of MSM chips worldwide. QCT
offers wireless position location technology by SnapTrack, a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM. QCT
supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: Acer Peripherals,
Inc., ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; 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.
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