TITexas Instruments have made a high-speed wireless chip for mobile handset makers. The chip is based on W-CDMA technology which supports mobile video and web based services. The introduction of the chip has made the company rivals against Qualcomm and Freescale Semiconductor.



Texas Instruments has developed the chip in collaboration with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. The new product is known as the OMAPV2230, representing a move ahead of the normal chips that they make for their major customers, including Ericsson and Nokia.



This move by the company of making the W-CDMA chips would help in the reduction of the W-CDMA based mobile phones, also known as the 3G phones. The chip controls wireless communication and multimedia functions such as still and video camera recording and video chat.



Other cell phone making giants like Sanyo Electric, Sony, LG Electronics, Pantech, Ningbo Bird and TCL Communication Technology Holdings are also being termed as the potential customers for the new chip.



The new chip also works on GSM and GPRS networks, which are widely set up in Europe and Asia. Some of the manufacturers have already started designing phones for the new chips, and the handsets with the new chips are expected to hit the market next year.







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