Articles tagged with: Nxp and Modem

Taiwanese OEMs Switching from Ericsson to Qualcomm for 3G Phones

Taiwan's handset manufacturers are increasingly switching from the Ericsson mobile phone platform to Qualcomm's own handset platform - report local industry sources. Sources told DigiTimes that because HTC has had good success with its Qualcomm-based 3G handsets, other major handset vendors such as Motorola, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Palm all intend to adopt the Qualcomm platform for their 3G products.  more

Related Tags: motorola, qualcomm, ericsson, cdma, lg, palm, htc, stmicroelectronics, hewlett-packard, sharp, asustek, Taiwan

Launching the World's Fastest Cellular Modem

nxp Semiconductors has announced what it says is the world's fastest high-bandwidth cellular soft modem - Nexperia Cellular System Solution PNX6910. Powered by nxp's Embedded Vector Processor (EVP), a Digital Signal Processing core, the PNX6910 is capable of achieving data transfer rates of 150 Mbits downlink and 50 Mbits uplink, and supports multi-mode LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM capability.  more

Related Tags: semiconductor, mts, hspa, lte, semiconductors, tdd

World's First TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM Multi-Mode Mobile Phone

Samsung, nxp Semiconductors and T3G Technologies have jointly announced the world's first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone. Powered by a software-defined modem, the phone is based on the T3G7210 system solution empowered by nxp's Embedded Vector Processor (EVP).  more

Related Tags: semiconductor, td-scdma, edge, semiconductors, 3gpp, samsung-electronics, China

NXP Semiconductor Launches Chipset for Low-Cost Multimedia Phones

nxp Semiconductors (formerly part of Philips) says that it has launched a GSM/GPRS-optimized multimedia solution for the Ultra Low-Cost (ULC) segment of the mobile handset market. The PNX4903 delivers a complete system-level operation in a single monolithic IC. The ULC+ multimedia solution enables a music phone with color screen, MP3 playback, removable flash memory card and FM Tuner for a total bill of materials under USD$20. more

Related Tags: flash-memory, semiconductors, memory, analog, mp3, flash