Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: UMTS digital baseband chipset
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 05 February 2003
Chipset provides complete 3G basestation
baseband
A new programmable chipset enables cellular infrastructure manufacturers to create low-cost, differentiated channel cards for 3G basestations without the burden of developing their own custom ASICs.
In a move that fundamentally changes 3G channel card design, Texas Instruments has introduced a programmable chipset that enables cellular infrastructure manufacturers to create low-cost, differentiated channel cards for 3G basestations without the burden associated with developing their own custom ASICs The new chipset features a DSP tailored for wireless infrastructure and tightly coupled transmit and receive chip-rate ASSPs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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