MSM5100™

At QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT), we strive to constantly improve the indispensable communication tools we all use every day. QCT creates state-of-the-art chipsets, system software, development tools and products - such as the Launchpad™ suite of technologies and software - that support the most advanced digital wireless features and functionality available for wireless devices and base stations - while continually reducing complexity, cost and board-space requirements.

The MSM5100 device supports both digital and analog functions. Its implementation in deep submicron silicon technology enables low-power, low-cost mplementations of dedicated CDMA building blocks, an ARM7TDMI® RISC microprocessor and QCT's powerful QDSP2000™, which enables a host of dvanced multimedia features with the 3G CDMA2000 1X modem engine. The MSM5100 device will be available in the same 208-ball Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA) production package as the MSM3300 solution.

With the acceleration towards 3G terminals and services and the demand for highly integrated entertainment, information and data-capable devices, QCT has developed the MSM5100™ Mobile Station Modem™ (MSM™) chipset and system software, a 3G CDMA2000® 1X solution for the IS-2000 standard. To facilitate faster design times, reduce production costs and leverage from proven IS- 95A/B designs, the MSM5100 chipset is based on QCT's proven MSM3300™ IS-95A/B architecture. The MSM5100 baseband processor is the heart of the CDMA2000 1X chipset solution and interfaces directly with QCT's IFR3300™, RFR3300™, RFT3100™ RFdevices, and the PM1000™ power management device. The MSM5100 chipset and system software is enabling a new generation of 3G CDMA handsets and data devices with rich feature sets and industry-leading 3G performance. With initial data rates that exceed the ITU requirement for full wide-area mobility, the MSM5100 solution will support up to 153 kilobits per second (kbps) simultaneously in both forward and reverse links. As with QCT's other CDMA2000 1X MSM solutions, the MSM5100 device also enables a doubling of overall IS-95A/B voice capacity and new higher data rate services. The MSM5100 solution is feature- and pin-compatible with the MSM3300 IS-95A/B device and includes advanced technologies such as position location and Bluetooth®, as well as multimedia features such as JPEG and MIDI-based multimedia software. Along with an optimized software solution for the CDMA modem, QCT offers system development software, verification, test, debug, calibration, manufacturing and field-test support using the CDMA Designer™ development tools, which reduce time-to-market for a complete CDMA handset.