Qualcomm Announces Single-Chip CDMA2000 1X Solution

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QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced two industry milestones: The world?s only single-chip solution for CDMA2000 1X, which integrates a baseband modem, radio transceiver, power management and multimedia engines into a single chip; and the industry?s first CDMA2000 1X radio transceiver ? a component of this single-chip ? a radioOne solution that combines radio receiver and transmitter functionalities into a single design using cost-effective RF CMOS process technology. QUALCOMM?s single-chip solution, initially targeting cost-sensitive emerging CDMA2000 1X markets, brings basic data and multimedia capabilities to entry-level wireless handsets with an architecture that lowers overall handset development costs. By integrating modem, RF, power management and multimedia into a single chip, the latest solution in QUALCOMM?s Value Platform eliminates discrete components in handset design to lower development costs, reduce bill-of-materials costs and accelerate time to market. This single-chip solution also lowers the cost of wireless data by allowing operators to provide basic multimedia services on entry-level handsets. QUALCOMM?s CDMA2000 1X single-chip solution is expected to sample in the first quarter of calendar 2006.

QUALCOMM?s single-chip architecture simplifies design requirements for OEMs and reduces external components, lowering overall manufacturing costs so manufacturers can supply price-competitive voice and basic data handsets to more markets worldwide, including China, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia. The single-chip solution builds on the increased traction and widespread adoption of QUALCOMM?s Value Platform solutions, ensuring operators in emerging markets have access to handsets that deliver cost-effective, entry-level multimedia services, including SMS and ringtones, to a larger consumer base.

QUALCOMM also continues to demonstrate innovation in RF technology with the introduction of the first RF CMOS transceiver for CDMA2000 1X. QUALCOMM?s latest RF solution is integrated into QUALCOMM?s single-chip solution, and is a significant milestone for the industry. Previously, developing a transceiver for a full-duplex system such as CDMA2000 had been a tremendous challenge due to the interference experienced from placing the receive and transmit functions on the same device. Now, by leveraging the company?s radioOne expertise, QUALCOMM has created a CDMA2000 transceiver that overcomes interference issues to offer a solution that is integrated into QUALCOMM?s single-chip solution for CDMA2000 1X. RF CMOS is a low-cost, high-volume digital process technology that allows wireless device manufacturers to leverage significant economies of scale ? further driving down costs to supply cost-competitive wireless solutions to emerging CDMA2000 1X markets.