Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio crammed in a single chip by CSR

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With escalating demand for smartphones, chip manufacturers are vying with each other to produce the next generation chip incorporating maximum functionality in a single unit. CSR on its part has arrived with a silicon chip, BlueCore7 that integrates four different radio technologies – Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, Bluetooth Low Energy (formerly Bluetooth ULP) for linking with small battery powered sensors, enhanced GPS (eGPS) and FM radio receiver and transmitter. For a mobile phone manufacturer, BlueCore7 would help in reducing the size of the device and reduce the cost of adding multiple chips to the handset to deal with individual features. Single chip with multifunctional features will cut down power consumption while enhancing audio and visual quality of the mobile phone.

Bluetooth is now available in nearly half of all the handsets sold in the market and adding eGPS to the Bluetooth silicon will increase the cost of the handsets by a mere $1. GPS will enable easy accessibility to satellite navigation and will expand the market for location-based services.

FM receiver and transmitter will enable users to transmit audio to their car radio when playing digital music tracks. The Bluetooth radio will provide better performance even under poor reception conditions. While BlueCore7 goes for commercial production by this year-end, we could expect BlueCore7 powered handsets by the middle of 2009.

Via: Mobiledia

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