Broadcom’s latest baseband chip for HSPA (high-speed packet access) 3G mobile phones includes a 3D graphics processor core.
Fabbed on a 65nm process, the chip’s ARM11 processor will run both Windows Mobile and Android.
The BCM21553 baseband processor support upstream data rates of up to 5.8Mbit/s and download rates of 7.2Mbit /s.
There is also a 3D graphics core with full support for the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics standard.
The aim is to provide video support up to HVGA quality, an 8 megapixel camera, and the ability to encode and decode H.264 video at 30frames per second.
Also introduced by the company today is the Broadcom BCM2091 radio frequency transceiver that provides RF connectivity for today's announced BCM21553