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To: gdichaz who wrote (9970)	4/19/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: qdog	Respond to of 152472

Never open one of their phones, so I can't give information that I don't have. IBM Microelectronics was named an "Outstanding Supplier". I'm guessing LSI maybe involved or LU (they are another major DSP manufacturer). I'm sure a NEC or other Japanese chip could be found. E-mail QCOM.

To: gdichaz who wrote (9970)	4/20/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: engineer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Ah, the mystery....Q has NO DSP chips. It has only a single ASIC which has many DSP processors in it. One for the baseband processing and once for voice, along with an 80186 CPU. Qualcomm has used DSP processors in the past to include new voice options for only a short while, such as when they cut in 13k voice in 1994, but never kept them on a regular basis. they have all their chips fabbed by outside sources and only do quality and engineering in San Diego. As for TXN, maybe it would be good for the industry to post the total silicon (or Gallium Arsinide) content in all phones and then estiamte the portion that TXN has. I would suspect that they havbe alot of chips in alot of phones, but as to what percentage of the total cost of the bill Of Materials it really is would be the question. I suspect it to be less than 5% for all phones. Ask the guys at Instat or Dataquest about the numbers....