Guest shadamehr Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Texas Instruments has announced a single chip solution for the future mobile phone generation, but will we see this adopted by SmartPhone makers such as HTC and Motorola? Texas Instruments has introduced the first design which incorporates all the major functions of a mobile phone on a single chip. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile manufacturer says it will be using the chip for a new generation of mass market phones. Chip developer Texas Instruments says the new device is based on 90nm CMOS technology and is designed around its Digital RF Processor (DRP). The company has crammed the majority of handset electronics in a single chip including digital baseband, SRAM, logic, RF, power management and analogue functions. The phone-on-a-chip solution will not only make phones smaller but also cheaper and more reliable. Nokia is eyeing the technology for its entry level range and will particularly target emerging markets for mobile phones such as China and India Source: PC Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Sounds a bit low spec for powering Smartphones? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillEastbury Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I thought the TI OMAP CPU used in the smartphones was actually the first Integrated Phone Chipset, with the ARM RISC CPU, DSP, and RF Circuitry integrated onto a single chip anyway ? Strange announcement since this was also made by Texas Instruments ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pigo Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 If N**** is planning to use it on it's entry level phones then I don't think that this could be of any help to a smartphone.... unless they expand it and make it a lot more powerfull! Pigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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