iPhone Dev Team Updates Software Jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.0 Jun 18, 2009
Yellowsn0w was released on January 1 and capitalized on a weakness found in the iPhone's baseband radio firmware version 02 ... 00 -- the baseband is how a cellular phone communicates with its carrier network ... Trying to gain the advantage, Apple has since patched the iPhone's baseband weakness, making it impossible for post-02. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
SiRF's challenge: Surfing a sea of mobile complexity Jun 16, 2009
Called SiRFatlasIV, the new processor -- featuring a GPS baseband, touch-screen controller and multi-layer cell flash controller -- enables ODMs and OEMs to develop a location-centric multimedia system "at less than $50," according to SiRF.. Kanwar Chadha, founder and vice president of marketing for SiRF, said that SiRFatlasIV, using a core of the company's high-end SiRFprima multifunction location processor, is "optimized for the entry-level location-centric systems.". (EETimes)
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CEVA has become a beneficiary of the rapidly changing mobile IC market, as Nokia has gone to the open market and TI exits from the merchant baseband market. Tech Paper: Video. (EETimes)
Qualcomm Enables Whole-House Media Streaming with Industry's First 4x4 MIMO Wireless Network Solution Jun 2, 2009
The highly integrated N-Stream WCN1320 solution utilizes a 65-nanometer CMOS process technology to combine an embedded applications processor, media-access controller, digital baseband, radio-frequency transceiver and system power-management in a single compact 12x12 mm package. Qualcomm's N-Stream WLAN WCN1320 solution is expected to begin sampling in the second quarter of 2009. (PR Newswire)
Comsys Mobile and Rohde & Schwarz Deliver Optimized WiMAX/GSM-EDGE RF Calibration for Mass Production Jun 2, 2009
Comsys Mobile's ComMAX(TM) CM1125 single-chip multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE baseband processor features full mobility support, low power operation and integrated support for legacy cellular networks ... Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd is a fabless semiconductor vendor specializing in integrated digital baseband solutions for mobile handsets. (PR Newswire)
Fujitsu Leads Project Team to Deliver WiMAX VoIP Devices to Smile Communications to Serve Developing Countries Jun 2, 2009
The chipset is a second-generation WiMAX solution consisting of a low-power WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC), triple-band RF transceiver, and an optimized power-management chip including protocol stacks and proprietary connection manager that have proven track records in first-generation WiMAX Forum Certified products. Smile Communications will deploy the first WiMAX terminals with its network launch in Uganda. (JCN Network, Japan)
MediaTek MT7118, the Best SoC Choice for the Most Cost Effective WiMAX + GSM Dual Mode Handsets and Embedded Devices Jun 1, 2009
This design is based on MediaTek WiMAX chip and world leading MediaTek EDGE baseband processor. CT Chuang, Vice President of MediaTek, said "MediaTek is not only a chip company, but a leader clearly setting its marks as the best WiMAX SoC solution provider. Our expertise in systems is vital to the success of WiMAX. The latest WiMAX SoC and integrated GSM+WiMAX dual mode handsets are only the beginning of our plan to integrate more wireless technology with future electronics." He added "WiMAX... (PR Newswire)
National sees clouds at 50th anniversary party May 29, 2009
Clearly, investors will focus on whether evidence suggests National is losing handset chip market share to Maxim (mini-analog baseband), and the firm's gross margin profile and fab utilization rates,'' Berger said. For fiscal Q3, the outlook is also mixed. (EETimes)
Opinion: TI is scrambling in MCUs May 28, 2009
Amid the economic downturn, TI is shifting its business strategy -- winding down the wireless baseband business and prioritizing embedded market growth. Microcontrollers for embedded applications have been a proven business model in terms of profitability, as evidenced by Microchip's success in the 8-bit market in the last decade. (EETimes)
Garmin Selects MediaTek GPS Chipsets for Outdoor Navigation Devices May 25, 2009
The MediaTek MT3329 single-chip baseband features -165dBm ultra-high sensitivity with least power consumption of competitive solutions, also the fastest acquisition on the market, designed for mobile navigation devices where rapid time-to-first-fix (TTFF) and superior navigation performance are required. Besides, the MediaTek MT3329 enables the most precise positioning even under slow movements like hiking or mountain climbing, which is ideal for Garmin's outdoor navigators. (PR Newswire)
CEVA and Aricent to Demonstrate LTE PHY Platform for Cellular Handsets at LTE World Summit 2009 May 18, 2009
BERLIN, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: ); (LSE: CVA), a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores and Aricent(TM), a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, announced today that the companies will demonstrate a licensable IP platform for LTE baseband terminals based on a CEVA DSP core at the LTE World Summit 2009, May 18-20 in Berlin, Germany ... CEVA's industry leading DSP... (PR Newswire)
Spreadtrum and China Telecommunications Technology Labs Announce Strategic Partnership to Promote New Technologies and Services May 15, 2009
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ) is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets baseband processor solutions for the mobile wireless communications market. The Company combines its semiconductor design expertise with its software development capabilities to deliver highly-integrated baseband processors with multimedia functionality and power management. (PR Newswire)
VI Technology snagged by Aeroflex Apr 28, 2009
The acquisition will enable Plainview, N.Y.-based Aeroflex to expand its communications test capabilities to include enterprise-wide automated baseband test solutions, officials said. Aeroflex, which was founded in 1937, develops software for the aerospace, defense, cellular and broadband communications markets. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Who is inside the Kindle 2? Apr 28, 2009
The module includes Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6801A single-chip baseband processor, which is priced at $13. 18, iSuppli estimates. (EETimes)
Frontier Silicon to Offer Last.fm Services as Part of Its Internet Radio Technology Platform Apr 15, 2009
2 features Frontiers own Chorus 2 baseband system-on-chip (SoC), integrating a multi-tasking, multi-threading META processor, which has been designed to address DAB and networked audio applications. Frontier Silicons IR2. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Samsung sees big NAND order for iPhone Apr 14, 2009
In fact, Apple's new iPhones could save the day for NAND and other chip markets, such as baseband, RF and others. Our checks confirm that two versions of iPhones will be introduced this year. (EETimes)
Agilent's GoldenGate certified for 65/40-nm designs Apr 11, 2009
TSMC has certified the accuracy, performance and compatibility of Agilent's GoldenGate RFIC circuit simulator for baseband designs targeting TSMC's 65LP nmand 40LP nm processes. "Agilent's GoldenGate RF/mixed-signal simulator has met the stringent 65/40LP nm baseband Spice Tool Qualification Program requirements for accuracy and compatibility," said Tom Quan, deputy director of Design Service Marketing at TSMC, in a statement. (EETimes)
Freescale says no wireless unit sale yet Apr 11, 2009
and that rumored buyers included Samsung and ZTE. The fate of Freescale's baseband operations in Austin, Texas, remains in limbo, Strauss wrote in a newsletter sent to subscribers. Strauss said Friday that Freescale would not confirm impending sale of any part of the unit and had indicated to him that an announcement would be made the week of April 20. (EETimes)
Blog Main Page Apr 9, 2009
The fate of the baseband operations in Austin is still in limbo. . (EETimes)
Unlock Iphone 3G - Innovative solution for unlocking any Iphone including the latest Iphone 2.2.1 Apr 5, 2009
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Samsung Selects Spreadtrum as New Chipset Supplier Mar 27, 2009
SHANGHAI, March 26 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Samsung, the global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies has selected Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) (the "Company"), one of China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, as a new chipset supplier ... Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ; "Spreadtrum") is a fabless semiconductor company that develops baseband and RF processor solutions for the wireless... (PR Newswire)
Pulse~Link lays off 40+, seeks investors Mar 25, 2009
The chip set consists of a CMOS baseband and separate RF and LNA devices in silicon germanium. The chip set demonstrated 500 Mbits/s TCP/IP throughput in a it co-sponsored. (EETimes)
iPhone OS 3.0 is `jailbreakable' Mar 20, 2009
0 via the iPhone Dev Center program, and you are using yellowsn0w, do not update or restore to that official IPSW. You will lose yellowsn0w and find yourself unable to revert the baseband to get it back ... Its just those using 3G yellowsn0w that have to show some restraint and wait for PwnageTool to create a custom IPSW that avoids the baseband update. (India Times, India)
Samplify Expands Global Distribution Channel; Signs Top-Ranked Chinese Distributor, Excelpoint Mar 20, 2009
SAM1600 enables wireless OEMs to send increased amounts of baseband data over the same fiber-optic infrastructure already in place for 3G systems. "Samplify's high-performance, low-power data converter with integrated signal-compression technology is gaining rapid adoption among Chinese OEMs," said Samuel Ge, VP of Field Applications for Excelpoint. (PR Newswire)
Jailbreakers get busy on iPhone 3.0 OS Mar 19, 2009
0 will modify the baseband radio. That radio is how the iPhone communicates with the network, and YellowSn0w capitalizes on weakness in the baseband radio software in iPhone OS 2. (InfoWorld)
Analyst: DSPs now driving the semis industry Mar 10, 2009
"However, this dramatic drop is not simply a decline in the DSP market, but a reflection that many chips classified as DSP last year are now classified as ASICs. For example, 3G baseband shipments by Freescale (classified last year as DSP) to Motorola have been largely displaced by 3G basebands from Qualcomm (which does not report its basebands as DSPs, but are accounted for as ASICs). "Even if total January baseband shipments by Motorola were the same as last year (which they were not), the SIA... (EETimes)
EE Times launches Editors' Choice: Products of the Week Mar 10, 2009
12, a new platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design that delivers modeling, design-flow improvements and baseband IP libraries that aim to cut months from physical layer (PHY) design time for high-performance communications algorithms and system architectures in both wireless and aerospace/defense applications. "SystemVue aims to streamline radio design and make it easier to work on software defined radio solutions, an oft sought after, and challenging, goal. For those working on PHY... (EETimes)
Agilent EDA software targets PHY development Mar 5, 2009
It also features high-performance RF PHY simulation technology with links to and hardware verification and high-quality standards-based libraries for and LTE baseband and hardware developers. SystemVue is available now for and evaluation. (EETimes)
RF chips to fare better in '09, says analyst Mar 3, 2009
In the digital baseband segment, Hackenburg said he expects to see more digital solutions to RF processes to the point of single chip solutions and other highly integrated cores. Low power processors to perform energy management will also rise in prominence, he said. (EETimes)
Analysis: Nokia/Qualcomm and the 'new' wireless landscape Feb 20, 2009
The Finnish handset maker is set to develop high-end 3G phones that will use the latest baseband chips from Qualcomm, those that are capable of the kind of data rates we hacks in the MWC press room can only dream of but might just get in three years using our HSPA, HSPA+ and maybe even LTE dongles or smartphones ... Nokia has also extended its pact with Broadcom to include basebands for 3G; Broadcom is already a major baseband supplier for 2G handsets, while that other newlywed ST-Ericsson will... (EETimes)
Startup aims Wi-Fi at embedded systems Feb 18, 2009
It includes a baseband, media access controller, power amplifier and hardware acceleration for Wi-Fi security standards such as WEP, WPA and WPA2. The chip runs uses a host controller to run part of its code. (EETimes)
Analyst bullish on Broadcom's cellular business Feb 18, 2009
The bearish case also argues that last week's announcement that South Korea's Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. will use Broadcom's single-chip platform for future EDGE handsets is not very meaningful given the large number of baseband suppliers that Samsung already uses, Berger wrote ... Nokia also said on Tuesday it would use Broadcom as a 3G baseband, RF and mixed signal chipset supplier for worldwide markets. (EETimes)
RFMD(R) Targets CDMA Components Market With Compelling New Products Feb 17, 2009
The RF73xx product family is compatible with the leading commercially available CDMA baseband and covers all high-volume CDMA frequency bands. RFMD's RF73xx family consists of three single-band PA modules covering the cellular, PCS and AWS bands as well as a dual-band PA that combines the cellular and PCS bands, thereby enabling a size reduction in dual-band implementations. (PR Newswire)
Xilinx, Wintegra demo LTE design platform at MWC Feb 17, 2009
At the Mobile World Congress here, the FPGA specialist is demonstrating a baseband targeted design platform (TDP) the company says significantly reduces the bill of materials and power consumption of baseband processing compared to that achieved with conventional design approaches. The demonstration works with Xilnx Virtex-5 FPGAs and access packet processors from Wintegra, but Mark Quartermain, wireless marketing manager at Xilinx told EE Times Europe that the development deal is not an... (EETimes)
Spreadtrum Announces World's First TD-SCDMA/HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM Single-chip RF Transceiver Feb 16, 2009
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) (the "Company"), one of China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, today announced its new RF transceiver solution, the QS3200, the world's first single-chip RF transceiver to support TD-SCDMA/HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM standards during the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress ... It supports a wide range of external front end components including the entire family of SC8800 series dual mode... (PR Newswire)
Alcatel-Lucent Unveils new Elements of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) Wireless Broadband Portfolio Feb 16, 2009
The LTE software module can be loaded onto the Alcatel-Lucent 9326 Digital 2U eNode B - a "zero footprint" baseband module already widely deployed and field-proven with Alcatel-Lucent's 3G customers. This baseband module integrates easily into existing base station cabinets, enabling a seamless evolution to LTE via software-only upgrade. (PR Newswire)
Xilinx Demonstrates Next-Generation LTE eNodeB Targeted Design Platform at Mobile World Congress to Accelerate Wireless Infrastructure Innovation Feb 16, 2009
Common platform for LTE baseband and multi-mode radio subsystem development integrates latest programmable technologies, new IP solutions, and world-class ecosystem. BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Mobile World Congress 2009 today, Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) unveiled its product roadmap for delivering the first common platform to integrate the design and development of programmable Long Term Evolution (LTE) baseband and radio subsystems into next-generation wireless 3G and 4G... (PR Newswire)
Xilinx and Wintegra Collaborate on LTE Baseband Targeted Design Platform for Faster, Lower Cost Development of 4G Wireless Basestations Feb 16, 2009
New baseband and MAC architecture utilizing Xilinx FPGAs and Wintegra processors and software significantly reduce cost and power consumption. BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Mobile World Congress 2009 today, Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) and Wintegra, Inc. announced joint development of a 3GPP-LTE baseband targeted design platform (TDP) that significantly reduces the "bill of materials" (BOM) cost and power consumption of baseband processing as compared to conventional design... (PR Newswire)
LSI Announces Innovative Blueprint for Multicore Architecture in Mobile Networks Feb 16, 2009
LSI offers the industry's most complete portfolio of communication, media, baseband, multi-service, content and security processors. Building upon this portfolio, the new blueprint calls for LSI to migrate current and future wireless products to a multicore architecture that encompasses traffic management, voice and video transcoding, content inspection, encryption, baseband and user plane processing. (PR Newswire)
ASOCS Demonstrates Cellular and Wi-Fi Concurrently on a Single Chip Feb 16, 2009
"The innovation that ASOCS brings to the market is the first software-based wireless baseband integrating multiple modems that others offer only in hardware." said Gilad Garon CEO of ASOCS. "In our demonstration, today, we show that ASOCS' solution supports GPRS and Wi-Fi (802.11g). The ModemX core also supports LTE, WiMax, WCDMA, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, Bluetooth, GPS and MobileTV providing users with easy access to the best connection available at any given moment,". The ASOCS MP100 MultiComms(TM)... (PR Newswire)
Qualcomm Adds Femtocell Chipsets to Technology Portfolio Feb 16, 2009
The Company will be offering Femtocell Station Modem(TM) (FSM(TM)) chipsets that will be the industry's first to utilize the broadband speeds of 3GPP HSPA+, in addition to utilizing CDMA2000(R), including 1X and EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B. The chipsets will include baseband functions, network listen and integrated RF capabilities for all major wireless bands. The chipsets also will feature innovative techniques addressing the issue of interference between femtocells and the macro network. (PR Newswire)
Broadcom Demonstrates First Android-Enabled Mobile Phone Platform Supporting High Definition Camcorder, Video Player and up to 12 Megapixel Digital Camera Applications Feb 16, 2009
Broadcom's Android-based design platform for mobile phones includes the Broadcom BCM2153 HEDGE (HSDPA + EDGE) 3G multimedia baseband processor, the BCM2727 mobile multimedia processor with VideoCore III architecture, the BCM4325 Bluetooth(R)/Wi-Fi(R)/FM receiver combo chip, the BCM4750 assisted global positioning systems (AGPS) receiver, the BCM2940 mobile TV receiver, and the BCM59035 power management unit. This reference design combination of single-chip solutions enables handset OEMs to... (PR Newswire)
Fujitsu Launches WiMAX Baseband LSI for Mobile PCs Feb 16, 2009
Tokyo, Feb 16, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited today announced the launch of a Mobile WiMAX(1) baseband LSI(2) targeted for the expanding mobile PC market. The new LSI features an approximate 60% size reduction compared to Fujitsu Microelectronics' previous Mobile WiMAX baseband LSI for mobile PCs ... This new MB86K23 LSI is the successor to Fujitsu Microelectronics' previously-released mobile WiMAX baseband LSI, the MB86K21, which targeted PC peripherals such as WiMAX... (JCN Network, Japan)
Fujitsu Laboratories Develops CMOS-Based RF Transceiver Chip for 77GHz Automotive Radar Feb 12, 2009
Automotive radar has previously been implemented using multiple chips, including the RF transceiver chip and baseband chip(4) ... Baseband chips, which process signals that have been converted to a lower frequency, can be made using inexpensive CMOS technology, which features high integration and low power consumption ... This has spurred research into using low-cost CMOS circuits as replacements for compound semiconductors in RF transceivers, suggesting that automotive-radar circuitry could be... (JCN Network, Japan)
Researcher describes 77-GHz transceiver Feb 12, 2009
The 90-nm device used an 800 MHz analog baseband, frequency hopping and full 16 QAM at band group 3 ... The team is now working on a baseband that will consume just 25 mW.. (EETimes)
Radio chips dial into medical apps Feb 10, 2009
"We designed the radio circuitry, antennas, baseband chips and the comms protocols inside Medtronic," Masoud said. "We felt we had to do it ourselves because of the unique application," he added. (EETimes)
Xilinx at Mobile World Congress 2009 Feb 10, 2009
Product demonstrations will showcase the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of flexible hardware solutions and LTE IP used in the development of baseband and multimode radio subsystems for 3G and 4G mobile basestations ... LTE Baseband Platform ... Complete baseband processing subsystem with both uplink and downlink using pre-optimized IP and software solutions to accelerate development. (PR Newswire)
Angry French workers protest TI layoffs Feb 7, 2009
In this unfavorable economic context, TI decided also to discontinue efforts to sell its wireless merchant baseband business,'' according to a statement released by TI in France last week. As a consequence, in total, 305 jobs in TI France will be impacted as part of the reorganization project announced last October, including job impact previously communicated and those associated with the baseband business ... TI insisted that its Villeneuve-Loubet site will remain a key Rness center for its... (EETimes)
