Nokia Plans First Single-Chip GSM Phones
Benefits?
This solution will enable vendors to put more features into phones (like wifi, gps, bluetooth, multi-mode receivers, or better proces...
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Not Single Chip
You still need a PA, power management chip and memory. You'd also need an application processor if you wanted a feature phone.
Now that i've clarified that, i must say i am happy to see this. They've been talking a single chips transceiver since the mid-90's and here it is. I assume its RF CMOS. I wonder how well it performs? Some of the transceiver chips which have been replaced were usualy made from bicmos or bipolar processes which used to offer better performance.
http://focus.ti.com/graphics/wtbu/general/digitalrf_ ... »
phonescoopjunkie said:
More battery life and less expensive. Sign me up.
Don't jump up and down yet. Nokia and TI's first foray into CDMA chips hasn't exactly produced the greatest results according to some analysts (...
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