Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: BCM2152
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 April 2006
Cellular baseband offers full HSDPA
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Broadcom has released a new cellular baseband processor that is fully compliant with the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) standard for high-speed cellular data.
Broadcom has released a new cellular baseband processor that is fully compliant with the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) standard for high-speed cellular data The new mixed-signal monolithic chip integrates a complete Category 8 HSDPA modem that is capable of delivering 7.2Mbit/s connectivity, advanced digital signal processing (DSP) and multimedia functionality (for recording and playback of video and audio), and a high-performance ARM11 applications processor
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new HSDPA-compliant processor is the latest addition to the Broadcom CellAirity platform family and includes an advanced system architecture to support backward compatibility with legacy GSM cellular connectivity standards including WCDMA, Edge, GPRS and GSM.
Whereas competing solutions stack multiple die within a single package or even have multiple packages for analogue and digital baseband functions, the Broadcom BCM2152 integrates this functionality - while also upgrading to a higher performance ARM11 processor - in a single 14 x 14mm package.
This level of integration, along with the significant advantages in cost, size, height, power and performance the BCM2152 offers, sets Broadcom's solution apart