Broadcom Announces Bluetooth + GPS + FM combination chip
Broadcom Corporation today announced a new Bluetooth + GPS + FM combination (‘combo’) chip solution that integrates advanced media processing, providing a power-efficient connected audio subsystem for multimedia smartphones and other handset devices. This new single-chip solution delivers high performance Bluetooth connectivity while enabling a range of media playback and recording functions that would otherwise have to be performed by the phone’s host processor.
The new Broadcom InConcert BCM20751 combo chip is a powerful communications and media subsystem that enables key smartphone connectivity (including Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio) while also providing sophisticated audio processing. It offloads media and other processing from the phone’s baseband processor to achieve significant power savings, increasing playback time by as much as 100 percent in multimedia handsets. The BCM20751 is based on the Broadcom BCM2075 Broadcom InConcert combo chip, and includes the technologies that enable the total phone system to consume less power. The processor includes additional memory buffering (up to 90 Kb) and integrated MP3 and ACC+ decoders, as well as an on-chip 5-band audio equalizer that enables the BCM20751 to perform high quality playback of popular music file formats while the baseband sleeps.
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