Samsung SGH-T578H, the World’s First TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM Multi-Mode Handset Showcased
Samsung, NXP and T3G have collaborated to demonstrate the world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/
GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone, dubbed the Samsung SGH-T578H.
Based on T3G7210 system solution, this new handset comes with the industry’s first soft modem that is empowered by NXP’s Embedded Vector Processor (EVP). This enables to achieve high data transfer and multi-mode capability. Moreover, the phone is also powered by a software-defined modem that delivers data transfer rates of 2.8Mbps, which is 20 times faster transfers than GPRS. This ensures the user to download several high-quality MP3 files in less than a minute.
“Samsung has always been at the cutting edge of mobile technology. Together with NXP and T3G, we have achieved several major milestones for TD-SCDMA phones – from the first TD-SCDMA video phone to this current high data transfer rate TD-HSDPA dual-band prototype. Multimedia and sharing of content will be the drivers for next-generation handsets. The combination of T3G’s leading TD-SCDMA technology and NXP’s very innovative EVP technology make them obvious partners of choice to provide consumers a high-end multimedia experience in a run up to the Beijing Olympics,” said W.S. Lee, Vice President, Handset R&D Planning, Telecommunication Network Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
The owner of Samsung SGH-T578H will get the opportunity to access widespread deployment of TD-SCDMA infrastructure that is compatible with high-speed streaming of multimedia coverage of the Beijing Olympics 2008 because this TD-SCDMA network deployment will soon be upgraded to support Release 5 (HSDPA) of the TD-SCDMA standard.
“The China 3G subscription is expected to grow rapidly. By realizing 3.5G capabilities on Samsung’s SGH-T578H, NXP is driving the commercialization and adoption of next-generation wireless technologies – not only for China’s TD-SCDMA standard, but also proving successful our EVP-based software-defined radio approach,” commented Marc Cetto, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Mobile & Personal Business Unit, NXP Semiconductors.
The latest mobile device from Samsung also utilizes NXP’s Adelante VD32040 embedded vector processor that allows the modem to maintain 2.8Mbps peak data rates as well as continues to support the 3GPP TDD-LCR Standard Release 5.
Johan Pross, CEO of T3G, remarked, “The T3G7210 is the first cellular system solution to use NXP’s breakthrough embedded vector processor to support multi-mode and multi-standard platforms, also allowing us to deal with possible changes in the standard or operator requirements. It enables mobile phone makers to offer more commercialized handsets with a broad scope of 3G multimedia applications.”
The T3G7210 system solution from T3G is also compatible with quad-band EDGE and dual-band TD-SCDMA with integrated multimedia accelerators to enhance the high-end feature phones and it also eliminates the additional external co-processors requirement.
Samsung, NXP and T3G have marked a new milestone and have made it possible for the TD-SCDMA standard to rapidly progress towards the current W-CDMA capabilities.
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