Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: BCM21331
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 February 2007
Transceiver and baseband unite in
single-chip Edge
Edge processor integrates Edge RF transceiver, all analogue and digital baseband functions and high performance multimedia and connectivity support.
Broadcom has announced the immediate availability of a new Edge processor that leapfrogs competition by combining the key components needed for advanced multimedia phones on a single chip Estimated by market research firm iSuppli to grow to 470 million units in 2010, the Edge (Enhanced Datarates for Global Evolution) technology segment is the single largest in the mobile phone market, and the largest communications semiconductor total available market (TAM) opportunity
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Aug 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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