Infineon Launches 65nm Single-chip Family for Low-cost Phones
(Product News, 14 Feb 2008)
Infineon recently released X-GOLD 113 and X-GOLD 213, its third-generation single chips which enable advanced mobile phone features such as camera, mobile Internet and audio-entertainment. The integration of these features allows customers to reduce the production cost of core mobile functions by up to 40 percent compared to more traditional solutions. The new chips are sampling now and a first call on air has already been successfully conducted.
Infineon's new X-GOLD family combines the baseband, power management unit, RF transceiver and FM radio on one single die. An ARM11 processor provides the required performance and flexibility required for applications such as a music player, Java, multimedia messaging, e-mail and video functionality.