QUALCOMM Begins Shipments of Highly Integrated CDMA Cell Site Modem Chip
Power-saving CSM2000 Chip Offers More Than 80% Size Reduction
SAN DIEGO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced it has begun production shipments, on schedule, of the next-generation CSM2000(TM) Cell Site Modem (CSM(TM)) chip for CDMA infrastructure and test equipment.
''The CSM2000 marks a turning point for wireless networks, providing for more compact, lower-cost CDMA base stations, spurring further growth in CDMA,'' said Luis Pineda, director of product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''The on-time, on-schedule delivery of our CSM2000, with lower cost per channel, and power and space savings, is indicative of our ongoing commitment to infrastructure manufacturers and their customers to maximize the efficiency of wireless networks.''
The CSM2000 is a multiple-channel CDMA digital baseband chip, capable of supporting up to eight forward link channels and eight reverse link channels. Each channel element performs CDMA searching, CDMA modulation, CDMA demodulation and Viterbi decoding. The channel elements are chained together internally which allows CDMA infrastructure manufacturers who use the new CSM to benefit from only one set of transmit outputs and a reduction in the drive power required per channel. This is a significant cost reduction per channel over QUALCOMM's previous generation of CSM devices, the CSM1.0(TM) and CSM1.5(TM) devices which supported only one forward link channel and one reverse link channel per device.
The CSM2000 also provides for a significant reduction in the circuit board space and lower power consumption per channel. Available in a 128-pin Metric Quad Flat Pack (MQFP) package, the CSM2000 footprint is only 18 percent of the area occupied by eight CSM1.5 devices, allowing a significant space savings for base station hardware. The high integration of the CSM2000 chip provides more than 75 percent power savings when replacing eight CSM1.0 devices and more than 50 percent power savings when replacing eight CSM1.5 devices.
Channel integration achieved in the CSM2000 allows a single CSM to demodulate up to eight simultaneous channels as required for IS-95B high speed data services and supported by the MSM3000(TM) chip, which began production shipping to handset manufacturers in January. The MSM3000, a fifth-generation single-chip Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)), is the most advanced, commercially available MSM chipset available today and is the first single-chip baseband solution for any cellular or PCS standard to enable data speeds up to 86.4 kbps.
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies is the leading developer and supplier of CDMA chipsets, hardware and software solutions and tools with more than 30 million MSM chips shipped worldwide. The division supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION; 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.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's major business areas include CDMA phones; integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; wireless infrastructure; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS® and portions of the Globalstar(TM) system. QUALCOMM is headquartered in San Diego, Calif. QUALCOMM's fiscal 1998 revenues exceeded U.S. $3 billion. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at qualcomm.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company's ability to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 1998, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. CSM, CSM2000, CSM1.0, CSM1.5, MSM and MSM3000 are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated.
SOURCE: QUALCOMM Incorporated
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