To: Eric L who wrote (2290 ) 6/18/2002 9:56:09 AM From: Eric L Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9255 Qualcomm MSM6200/MSM6300 * The MSM6200 & MSM6300 Announced with H1 02 Sampling Dates Qualcomm Press Release: March 20, 2001 "Sample shipments of QCT’s MSM6200 and MSM6300 solutions are expected in the first half of calendar 2002." qualcomm.com * Confirming the Sampling Dates Qualcomm FYQ2 2001 Earnings Release Qualcomm discussed the MSM6xxx family on the FQ2 2001 Earnings CC and the FYQ2 2001 Earnings Release has a table that shows:MSM6200 WCDMA Sampling 1H CY02 GPRS GSM MSM6300 CDMA2000 1x Sampling 1H CY02 cdmaOne GPRS GSM qualcomm.com Qualcomm 2001 Annual Report * MSM6200: H1 '02 Samples * MSM6300: H1 '02 Samplesqualcomm.com * Revising the Sampling Dates Slippage ... Totally understandable.Qualcomm Press Release: February 19, 2002 Sample shipments of QCT’s 6200 solution are expected in the third quarter of calendar 2002 cdmatech.com Qualcomm Press Release: March 18, 2002 Samples of the MSM6200 and MSM6300 solutions are expected to be available during the third quarter of calendar 2002. qualcomm.com Qualcomm Press Release: June 6, 2002 The MSM6200 chipset solution, on schedule for sample shipping in September 2002, supports WCDMA at 2100 MHz, Extended GSM (EGSM) at 900 MHz and Digital Cellular System (DCS) at 1800 MHz qualcomm.com * But Wait ... Situation Improving Spring 2002 Investment Community Meeting: May 22, 2002 A few short weeks before the previously cited Press Release Qualcomm EVP and QCT President, Don Schrock, proudly announced that since everything was going so well with MSM6200 that Qualcomm was accelerating sampling from September to June. That statement was backed by this slide:"MSM6200 Sampling Accelerated to June 2002 to Meet Market Demand" qualcomm.com * Now We Are Not Just 'On-Time' ... We Are 'Early' Qualcomm Press Release: June 17, 2002 MSM6200 Solution Samples This Month ... QUALCOMM Incorporated ... today announced an accelerated sampling schedule for customers of its highly integrated MSM6200™ Mobile Station Modem (MSM™) solution. The MSM6200 solution begins sampling to customers this month, three months earlier than previously scheduled, following recent successful live voice and data calls in public demonstrations using MSM6200-based test terminals ... I guess the key word here are "previously scheduled" as opposed to "originally scheduled"First to announce a direct conversion radioOne (solution for CDMA/UMTS/GSM/GPRS (February 2002) qualcomm.com Did someone forget that the first announcement was in March 2001 or doesn't that count? All's well that ends well. Will the late MSM6300 be "On-Time"? - Eric -