Strong demand for smartphones is helping the cellular baseband market grow by impressive rates every year.
However, Qualcomm has already taken an almost monopolistic control over the nascent LTE baseband market.
Broadcom currently accounts for close to 4% of the mobile baseband and application processor market.
Samsung has started edging away from Qualcomm baseband processors recently when it comes to Android devices.
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Its 3G baseband shipments marked an over 600% y-o-y growth in the first half of 2012.
Qualcomm supplies the baseband processor as well as licenses its technology for others to manufacture the processor.
According to a recent Strategy Analytics report, the baseband chipset market showed strong growth in Q1 2011.
It is the first Icera modem to implement 4G LTE in NVIDIA's software defined radio baseband processor.
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Qualcomm sells the baseband chips used in smartphones that are marketed by Apple ( AAPL), Samsung Electronics Co.
As a result, among the various technologies that are driving the baseband market currently, LTE is seeing the highest growth.
This feature enables PIP functionality on mobile devices without the need for an additional MIPI interface into the baseband processor.
Nvidia announced its first LTE-integrated app processor, the Tegra 4i, and Broadcom introduced its first LTE baseband chip in the market.
Other solutions include baseband solutions for EDGE, 3G and 4G systems, and multimedia and application processors for mobile phones and handheld devices.
Huang says that will happen within the next year as Nvidia incorporates technology from its May acquisition of baseband processor maker Icera.
The newly updated sensor thus saves costs by reducing significant amounts of silicon, yet maintains full compatibility with most baseband processors today.
The integrated high-performance baseband network processor ensures that high-quality HD video can be transmitted with near-zero latency and without consuming host processor resources.
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To get the baseband to listen to him, he had to override the commands it was getting from another part of the phone.
By utilizing this feature, manufacturers can convert existing single-camera smartphone designs to dual camera systems without the need for more expensive baseband processors.
Japan production disruption and baseband business exit headwinds are rapidly fading.
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According to Strategy Analytics, Broadcom continued to improve its product mix and ranked fourth in the cellular baseband market in the first half of 2012.
We believe Intel will launch its Infineon-based LTE baseband this quarter.
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Historically, Broadcom has lagged in the baseband and application processor market.
Eventually, he found his target: a square sliver of black plastic called a baseband processor, the chip that limited the carriers with which it could work.
Based on its success in executing and integrating baseband processors, Broadcom is well positioned to deliver the latest mobile broadband technologies for these next generation devices.
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Burton notes that the company is hinting at a bottom in the cycle in Q1, seeing better seasonality excluding the wireless baseband business, which the company is shuttering.
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Compliant with all 3GPP specifications, the BCM21892 combines a full-featured cellular baseband with a world-band radio in a footprint that is approximately 35 percent smaller than current industry solutions.
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But knowing that the iPhone 5 has a Qualcomm LTE baseband that also supports the 3G network which China Mobile operates, such a deal should not be too far along.
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Qualcomm has so far managed to avert that threat with its technological supremacy in the baseband market, but going forward it needs partners in other mobile-related domains such as displays.
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Qualcomm holds patents in CDMA, WCDMA, OFDMA technology and is the leader in the baseband chipset market based on this technology with a market share of around 65% as of 2010.
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