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Broadcom just blew the chipset competition away. The US chipmaker has announced their new “3G Phone on a chip” solution that brings all the key 3G features together onto a single chip. With HSPA (EDGE, WCDMA, HSUPA, HSDPA), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, FM transmitter, FM receiver, and a speedy CPU integrated onto a single 65nm CMOS die, Broadcom’s BCM21551 “3G Phone on a chip” is at least a year ahead of anything already on market.
What does all this mean? Well, it means a cheaper, smaller, and more powerful processing solution for 3G feature phones and smartphones with TV-out and 5-megapixel camera with 30fps video capture. And, since the BCM21551 “3G Phone on a chip” is fully integratable with Broadcom’s “Wi-Fi and GPS, PMU, or the new VideoCore® III mobile multimedia processor,” this chip is poised to bring a whole new level of performance to the 3G playing field.
We can’t wait to see Broadcom’s new chip get some playing time in slimmer, faster, more powerful 3G handsets. The Broadcom chip is already available to manufacturers, so we’re hoping they’ll be jumping on this bandwagon soon.
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
