TI rolls 3G chip sets for handsets, basestations

摘要

Manhasset, N.Y. ― With clearly defined performance goals, Texas Instruments Inc. has launched two lines of third-generation UMTS RF and baseband chip sets, one for handsets and one for basestations. TI believes they will halve handset power consumption and double base-station channel density. Emphasizing voice instead of data, TI is coming to a market dominated by Japanese companies such as Matsushita and NEC, as well as Motorola on the U.S. side. However, its ability to leverage advanced processes, integration, power management and RF functionality, along with its already established DSP customers for basestations, may well be the wedge the company needs. So armed, TI aims to provide a more realistic solution to the size and power-consumption woes that have afflicted carriers such as NTT Docomo as they try and draw customers to the more advanced handsets and services.