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To: JGoren who wrote (19662)	12/13/1998 11:27:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Sorry <OT> GO JETS, (eom) Thanks All.

To: JGoren who wrote (19662)	12/14/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

JG - is the chip rate a function of manufacture? I don't actually know since I don't know very much about the implementation of the internal hardware of CDMA equipment. But I would be pretty confident that at least some of hardware in the current phones is hardwired equipment that precludes it being forward compatible (and based on my knowledge of timing systems in other areas, and the fuss that Qualcomm is making over it, chip rate (as a high frequency, precise timing signal) is probably one such restraint on forward compatibility). If you want a certain answer as opposed to a 90% answer, engineer is probably the one to ask. Note that the lack of forward compatibility should not be a surprise since almost nothing is ever made forward compatible - I challenge you to find any commercial software that uses the new features of the next generation Intel processor or MS Operating System. Clark

To: JGoren who wrote (19662)	12/14/1998 2:18:00 AM
From: engineer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

No, you can't update the chip rate that easily...

To: JGoren who wrote (19662)	12/14/1998 10:36:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

JG - Further info on the chip rate upgrade. Eventually, as engineer and I have discussed before, it will be true that chip rate will just be a software parameter. The problem is that software solutions are very slow compared to hardware solutions. Thus using software to produce a 1 MHz signal on a processor running at say 75 Mhz is dangerous, especially since there is a direct and significant effect on the signal quality for even a small amount of jitter in the 1 MHz signal. Just extra geek info. Clark