Agere Systems has announced a new high-performance GPRS hardware and software solution that delivers up to 10 times the processing power of previous Agere mobile terminal solutions. Agere's Sceptre HP chip set provides a two-chip solution -- for integrating digital baseband, power management and mixed signal functions -- coupled with an ARM 946E-S embedded core, flexible cached memory system and DSP instruction set extensions running at 90 megahertz. This high-performance solution provides all of the power needed to handle wireless communications and applications processing without the need for a separate applications processor.
The chip set and software allow for 180 minutes of talk time and more than 600 hours standby time with a standard 600- milliamp (mAHr) battery. This power savings is achieved by closely coupling power management with baseband processing, as opposed to competing single-chip designs that do not integrate power management. The ARM946E-S core includes an internal cache, allowing the core to access instructions and data faster than using external memory, with lower power consumption as well.
Agere's GPRS software has been developed to the GSM Release 99 specification and qualified to the most current industry standards, including the GCF 3.10.2 and NAPRD 2.8.0 test specifications. The chip set and software are capable of Class 12 GPRS support.
Engineering samples of Agere's Sceptre HP chip set and software are available this month, with production quantities expected in early 2004."
Posted to the site on 18th July 2003
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