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News Release from: Marvell | Subject: PXA family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2007
Comms processors add cellular protocol
software
Marvell has added a critical piece of 3G smartphone technology to its cellular and handheld solutions portfolio.
Marvell has added a critical piece of 3G smartphone technology to its cellular and handheld solutions portfolio Marvell has reached an agreement with Motorola to license the Motorola TTPCom cellular protocol software stack, which will enable the company to deliver a comprehensive hardware and software platforms for 3G smartphone manufacturers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The terms of the agreement provide Marvell with a complete manufacturing and distribution license.
"As the protocols stack is the heart of the phone's communications engine, it is critical to Marvell's strategy of providing a complete smartphone platform to our customers", said Sam Arditi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Marvell's Cellular and Handheld Business Group.
"The Marvell PXA family of communications processors has been running the Motorola TTPCom protocol stack for years".
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"We know the code and are excited to quickly provide a complete and customised 3G solution directly to our OEM partners, enabling lower cost and faster time to market".
Motorola's TTPCom technology has shipped in hundred of millions of handsets worldwide.
The software stack Marvell is licensing enables dual-mode, low-power, ultra-low-cost 2.5 and 3G cellular handsets and will further enhance the Company's initiative to drive smartphone features into low-cost mainstream markets.
Marvell's Cellular and Handheld Business Group has worked with Motorola TTPCom technology for several years, porting the Motorola TTPCom stack to the PXA800 and PXA900 series of communications processors, which are already shipping in high volume.
With this agreement Marvell will be able to provide customised solutions for its wireless communications processors and platforms.
"Motorola is committed to lowering development costs and driving industry- wide standards for mobile devices", said Tony Milbourn, Motorola TTPCom Product Group.
"I am very pleased that Marvell's Cellular and Handheld Business Group has chosen to continue to use our best-in-class 3GPP protocol stack, thereby reducing complexity and increasing speed to market for its solutions".
Marvell PXA processors are currently shipping in volume in popular handheld devices like Motorola Q, Motorola A1200 Ming, Motorola ROKR2, and RIM Blackberry Pearl.
Marvell products provide the headroom for advanced applications and communications with intelligent power management, allowing manufacturers to differentiate current and future offerings.
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