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WCDMA/EDGE/GSM baseband SoC for the low-cost smartphone market

Date: 27/03/2014
RDA Microelectronics launched new RDA8860 WCDMA/EDGE/GSM baseband SoC for the low-cost smartphone market.

The RDA8860 integrates an RF transceiver, WCDMA modem, EDGE modem, application processor, power management unit, analog baseband, and 32kHz oscillator onto a single 40 nanometer die. Powered by a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A5 processor with a 256KB L2 cache, the chip uses 400MHz 32-bit LPDDR2 memory, which supplies 3.2GB bandwidth.

RDA8860 supports WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS . The on-chip video processor supports 720p H.264 video playback at 30 frames per second combined with Vivante Corporation's integrated 3D GPU for high-end graphic interface and gaming capabilities. The RDA8860 is designed for smartphone devices running on Android 4.0 operating system and above.

"We are pleased to launch our first WCDMA baseband solution, a fully integrated SoC that greatly increases our addressable market as well as our handset silicon value," commented Shuran Wei, CEO of RDA Microelectronics. "Low-cost WCDMA smartphones are one of the largest growth drivers in emerging markets today as subscribers in markets such as China continue to transition from feature phones to more advanced devices. The 8860 uses similar production tools as our market-leading feature phone platform, enabling handset manufacturers to easily and quickly migrate to our WCDMA smartphone platform. By offering a fully integrated SoC solution with lowered bill of materials, RDA has once again positioned itself as a price performance leader in a robust growth market."