TI stuffs WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM radios on a single chip, UWB and LTE are like 'hello?'

Heads-up, kids -- Mobile World Congress is but days away from liftoff, and it looks like Texas Instruments will be there with a purpose. The company has today introduced what it's calling the "industry's first quad-radio single chip," which throws 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit / receive and Bluetooth radios onto a single 65-nanometer WiLink 7.0 solution. Purportedly, this device reduces costs by 30 percent, size by 50 percent and bragging rights by 894 percent. The chip is currently sampling to OEMs with undisclosed names, which could mean that a prototype phone or two will be taking advantage in Barcelona. Fingers crossed.

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[DJ Megatron Posted Feb 9th 2010 1:02PM]

It will be interesting to see how this is integrated into phones. Look forward to MWC to see if any prototypes will be using this chip.

[magallanes Posted Feb 9th 2010 2:49PM]

Texas Instrument to Samsung :
Don't mess with Texas.

:3

[Pyronick Posted Feb 9th 2010 3:41PM]

Bluetooth 3.0?

[HikaKao Posted Feb 9th 2010 4:47PM]

Texas Instruments makes me think of my ever so faithful calculator. *hugs it* Didn't know they could do anything beyond that, least even put that much awesome into one chip. Respect.

[Giga Posted Feb 9th 2010 6:39PM]

Maybe they'll put all this in a calculator.

[barCODE Posted Feb 10th 2010 12:26AM]

@Giga

I foresee someone putting it in a cell phone.