Small baseband cuts multimedia costs

The PNX6712 forms the engine of NXP's Nexperia Cellular System Solution 6712 - a powerful HSDPA/HSUPA/EDGE platform, enabling sub-US $30 electronic bill-of-materials (eBoM).

NXP Semiconductors has released an ultra-small, single-core, dual-mode Nexperia cellular multimedia baseband PNX6712 for HSPA and EDGE.

Based on 65nm process technology, it offers manufacturers advanced on-chip multimedia features, such as H.264 decoding on QVGA at 30 frames per second (frames a second).

The PNX6712 forms the engine of NXP's Nexperia Cellular System Solution 6712 - a powerful HSDPA/HSUPA/EDGE platform, enabling sub-US $30 electronic bill-of-materials (eBoM).

NXP's Nexperia Cellular Multimedia Baseband PNX6712 outperforms existing HSPA-EDGE basebands in its category by combining best-in-class multimedia features, up to 750 hours of standby, 45 hours of MP3 and eight hours of video playback and a multitude of connectivity options for anytime, anywhere content transfer.

The solution provides manufacturers with a platform for high-performance multimedia phones, with a flexible and efficient architecture built around an ARM926-EJ processor, algorithms for voice and video, hardware accelerated low-power video, graphics and camera features and built-in security and digital rights management (DRM).

Packaged into a 12x12mm footprint with a 0.4mm pitch, NXP's PNX6712 Nexperia cellular multimedia baseband features single-core architecture, eliminating the need for an external multimedia co-processor.

It supports the latest audio and video codecs, four microphone inputs for better voice quality, two class-D amplifiers for clear sound, W/QVGA display interfaces and TV-out functionality.

All these features are supported by over 10 connectivity interfaces, including USB Hi-Speed OTG, SDIO, SPI, most memory cards as well as system level extensions for A-GPS, NFC, BT, FM, for seamless sharing of content.

The dual-mode HSPA-EDGE multimedia baseband solution is now sampling.

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