Single-Chip Modem Eyes Multimedia Mart

Based on the company's MSM3100 chipset architecture, the MSM3300 chipset and system software boasts of providing the highest level of integration of multimedia features available for mobile phones. Key features of this device include pin-for-pin compatibility with the MSM3100 chipset, an integrated gpsOne position-location processor that includes SnapTrack technology, a real-time 256x searcher, embedded Bluetooth baseband processor, Bluetooth 1.0-standard compliance, multimedia software support, 2.3V to 3V I/O, and a 208-ball FBGA package. Sample shipments are expected in the third quarter of 2000 with production quantities expected to start at the end of the year.