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To: Brian Lempel who wrote (11499)	6/15/1998 5:30:00 PM
From: Carter Patterson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Why bad ? QCOM receives royalties, although they may lose some ASICS sales. VLSI obviously recognizes expansion of CDMAOne market. More legitimacy for QCOM and CDMAOne.

To: Brian Lempel who wrote (11499)	6/15/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Brian - Nokia will support this chip. Look for announcement this week. On what do you base this assertion? TIA. Clark

To: Brian Lempel who wrote (11499)	6/15/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Here is VLSI's announcement for the full text: vlsi.com "Single chip solution: Integrates ARM processor, OAK+ DSP core, peripherals, Audio Codec, CDMA/AMPS modem, QCELP and EVRC vocodors." Compare this to Qcom's MSM3000 chip: qualcomm.com Neither are able to eliminate the RF chips and filters that sit between the antenna and the main control chip: qualcomm.com Neither bring us to the goal of a 1-chip phone. But, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. We need the isolation between the baseband processor "front end" and the processor/MSM to keep noise at a minimum. This new chip from VLSI doesn't mention the other way cool features of the Qcom MSM3000: data rates greater than 64kbps, enhanced power savings (need more data to compare) and built-in voice recognition enabling stuff. Perhaps Qcom should have a "Qualcomm MSM3000 Inside" campaign similar to Intel's.