Samsung Electronics to Use Broadcom's Single-Chip Cellular Platform
February 10, 2009 12:32 PM | Technology | Comments (0)
Broadcom Corporation today announced that Samsung Electronics will use its single-chip cellular platform for selected future EDGE mobile phones. Based on the 65 nanometer (nm) BCM21331 single-chip EDGE processor with integrated cellular radio, the Broadcom advanced EDGE platform enables features that were only previously available on more expensive 3G handsets to be supported in lower cost 2G phones. Key features include touch-based graphical user interfaces with tactile feedback, motion sensors, advanced multimedia and extended Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity. |
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Consumer surveys show high interest in cost effective phones that include features initially introduced in more expensive SmartPhones, such as rich graphical user interfaces, touch input, advanced multimedia, Internet connectivity and personal navigation.
The Broadcom BCM21331 EDGE solution is among the most advanced in the industry, integrating the key components required for advanced multimedia phones on a single monolithic die. This includes an integrated quad-band EDGE radio frequency (RF) transceiver, all of the analog and digital baseband functions, and provides built-in support for high quality image capture, USB 2.0 OTG (on-the-go), high-speed secure digital I/O (SDIO) interfaces and H.264 video recording and playback.
The BCM21331 platform also features the BCM59035 power management unit (PMU) and supports advanced multimedia processing on-chip in addition to Broadcom Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity options that enable handset manufacturers to introduce a tiered line of EDGE mobile phones based on one solution - from very low cost, high volume handsets through feature-rich multimedia phones.
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