Marvell has designed a 3G chipset for both Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access(TD-SCDMA)and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access(WCDMA)markets.
The unified 3G design incorporates an application and communications processor with wireless chips for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth,FM radio and Near Field Communications(NFC)and GPS,RF transceivers and power management.
"I believe Marvell's advanced,single unified dual-core 3G platform will deliver high-performance,affordable smartphones and tablets to the global mass market,"said Weili Dai,co-founder of Marvell.
The PXA988 and PXA986 SoCs are based around 1.2GHz dual-core processors with wireless modems.
Designed specifically for the China 3G TD-SCDMA market,the dual-core PXA988 features Cortex A9 1.2GHz processors and full 1080p encode/decode capability,which makes it suitable for high-quality multimedia playback and video capturing.
It has an integrated image signal processor,advanced graphics processing unit that can achieve 192 million triangles per second(MT/s)and a 533MHz LPDDR2 memory architecture for enhanced CPU and system performance.
There is on chip a TD-HSPA+R8 modem which supports dual-carrier aggregation.The new advanced modem also supports Dual SIM Dual Talk,which enables users to activate two services on a single smartphone,and Downlink Dual Carrier(DLDC).
