Two chip companies say their chips have been selected for wireless devices, while another has begun shipments of its products.
Nvidia Corp. said its multimedia graphics processor known as GoForce 2100 will be in the innards of Mitsubishi Electric’s latest i-mode mobile phone, the M 341i.
The processor facilitates video and camera functionality on the handset LCD display, said Nvidia.
“The flexibility of the GoForce 2100 chip meant that we could write games directly to the graphics engine on the M341I handset. This combined with the extremely low-powered design and the quality of the color display makes it the perfect partnership,” said Stephane Le Provost, multimedia program leader for Mitsubishi.
Skyworks Inc., which describes itself as the biggest wireless-only chip company, said Quanta Inc. has selected its power amplifier module and transceiver for a new line of GPRS handsets.
Quanta plans to introduce the handsets in China, Asia, Europe and the Americas during the coming months.
“Skyworks will be supporting Quanta’s launch of numerous other GPRS phones to its ODM customers throughout 2004, including handsets with embedded cameras and color displays,” said Skyworks.
RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has begun shipments of a power amplifier module and driver IQ modulator for Sony Ericsson’s GC82 EDGE PC card.
The PC card offers corporate and laptop users wireless connections to the Internet and to corporate intranet sites, said RFMD.
