Qualcomm ships dual-mode Gobi3000 WWAN chip, intros LTE / HSPA+ chipsets galore
Qualcomm ships dual-mode Gobi3000 WWAN chip, intros LTE / HSPA+ chipsets galore
Qualcommjust refined the term "blowout" here at Mobile World Congress. It's
obviously a critical show for the wireless supplier, and while the 2.5GHz Snapdragon CPU
is the undisputed highlight, there's quite a bit of chipset action
worth paying attention to if you'd prefer that your next handset /
mobile hotspot be capable of handling the world's most advanced network
technologies. First off, there's the Gobi3000 modules, which Qualcomm
just announced were shipping en masse. Compared to the Gobi2000
that has been infiltrating laptops and MiFi devices for the past year,
this one doubles the HSPA downlink speed and enhances the Gobi common
application programming interface (API) functionality for enterprise
applications. The design supports single-mode (UMTS) and multi-mode
designs (CDMA / UMTS), and should be popping up soon in devices from
Huawei, Novatel Wireless, Option, Sierra Wireless and ZTE.
Next up are the MDM9625 and MDM9225 chipsets, which are designed to
support LTE data rates as high as 150Mbps within mobile broadband
devices. These guys are fabricated using the 28nm technology node, and
are backwards compatible with previous generations of LTE and other
wireless broadband standards, giving consumers using USB modems powered
by the MDM9625 or MDM9225 chipsets an uninterrupted broadband data
connection on nearly any network around the world. These are being
launched alongside the MDM9615 and MDM8215, which are similar chips
designed to support multi-mode LTE and dual-carrier HSPA+, respectively.
As for the MDM8225? That's being released today to support HSPA+
Release 9 (the latest version, obviously), which will support 84Mbps on
the downslope (not to mention dual-carrier HSUPA operation) and should
fit into at least a couple of T-Mobile USA devices by 2012. Finally,
Qualcomm has nailed down a deal that'll enable all future
Snapdragon-powered Android devices to "have access to instant streaming
of TV shows and movies from Netflix." Just sounds like a pre-loaded
installation to us, but hey, we'll take all the optimization we can get
when it comes to streaming video on the mobile.
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