DSP Group to license Siliver baseband processor next-generation GSM handsets

DSP Group to license Siliver baseband processor next-generation GSM handsets
By Semiconductor Business News
July 13, 2001 (1:19 p.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010713S0052

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- DSP Group Inc. here announced it will license a combination baseband processor/radio-frequency (RF) core for next-generation handsets based on the global system for mobile communications (GSM) standard.

Co-Developed by DSP Group and a French design house called Stepmind, the Silver-1 core enables systems manufacturers to build a dual-mode handset based on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE standards.

Silver-1 will not be sold as a standard product. Instead, the chip will be licensed to OEMs and chip makers.

The chip combines Stepmind's RF chip and DSP Group's most advanced digital signal processor (DSP), dubbed the PalmDSPCore. Supporting wireless data rates up to 248-kilobits-per-second, the Silver-1 is designed for Class 12 GSM/GPRS/EDGE applications.