NXP unveils world's fastest cellular modem with multi-mode GSM support
by Darren Murph 
posted Jun 12th 2008 at 10:08AM
3G is so Monday. Today, NXP Semiconductors is getting down with the "world's fastest high-bandwidth cellular soft modem," which will obviously be aimed at smartphones, MIDs and other handhelds thirsting for WWAN. Notably, the PNX6910 supports multi-mode LTE / HSPA / UMTS / EDGE / GPRS / GSM capability, and it's reportedly capable of achieving data transfer rates of 150Mbits down and 50Mbits up. To put things in perspective, NXP suggests that users could download an "entire HD movie in less than 7 minutes," though we're not sure what constitutes an "entire movie." Oh, and before you get too excited in here, you should probably know that the chip won't even be available until Q2 2009 at the earliest.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Razor1973 @ Jun 12th 2008 10:22AM
You don't know what "an entire HD movie" constitutes? When's the last time you hit the torrents or rapidshare scene? ;-)
frank @ Jun 12th 2008 11:27AM
So is the chipset really that big of a hurdle? It seems to me that bandwith, plus the mechanics and politics of cell towers are the limiting reagents in the mobile data game.