Bluetooth, WiFi and FM on a single chip -- oh my
One of these days we'll see a single-chip solution that implements WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and even the obligatory FM radio receiver all into once nice, tidy package. Oh wait -- that day has come. Broadcom wants to garner more business from OEM handset manufacturers apparently, as it is trying to solve the dilemma of ever-shrinking handset internal real estate by stuffing in as many RF solutions into a small, single chip as possible. With both WiFi and Bluetooth hovering in roughly the same radio frequencies, Broadcom has assured everyone that both wireless technologies won't be interfering with each other based on an on-chip algorithm to prevent such a radio fuss. And hey -- that FM radio is prime as well -- no reason to leave that off the chip, right? Broadcom's solution here features IEEE 802.11a/b/g along with Bluetooth 2.0 and full-range FM reception to boot.
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vader @ Feb 8th 2007 4:17PM
Isn't this what the HTC Artemis is already using, part of the reason why the use the low voltage and low powered TI OMAP chip as well.
Owen V @ Feb 8th 2007 4:31PM
now just add quad band gsm, then they wont be able to make triband (or dual) phones that dont work here anymore
Matty B @ Feb 8th 2007 5:24PM
Seems like the next logical move would be to add HD radio to the chip.
denix @ Feb 8th 2007 8:31PM
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6413365.html
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197004148&subSection=
kimusan @ Feb 9th 2007 5:07AM
Well TI and CSR has the same product. CSR is however set to release this product first.
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003966