Tuesday, 29 August 2006

Qualcomm Unveils Chip for Low-cost Handsets

Targeting the growing low-cost mobile phones in emerging market, Qualcomm Inc. has introduced a new chip that integrates several components into a single system. QSC1100 supports features such as downloadable polyphonic ringtones, color displays and doubles talk time compared to available CDMA2000 handsets.

Qualcomm said addressing the dramatic subscriber growth anticipated in emerging markets around the world, the QSC1100 solution features multiple technologies to dramatically improve network capacity by up to 100 percent.

"The QSC1100 enables our handset manufacturing partners to further extend their offerings in emerging markets by introducing compelling, attractive devices at new price points," said Dr. Sanjay Jha, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.

The QSC1100 solution's integration of baseband modem, RF transceiver, power management and system memory into a single chip reduces the number of discrete components required, reduces bill-of-materials costs and delivers board-area savings of more than 50 percent.

Qualcomm said it expects the QSC1100 will sample by the second half of 2007.