iPhone 3g chip

Some developer digging through the iPhone 2.0 SDK ROM came across a reference to the "SGOLD3". Seems like Apple has picked its 3G chip for the next gen iPhone.

Here the dope on this chip:

With its new - GOLD3H baseband, Infineon Technologies extends its well known S-GOLD baseband family to support the 3.5G mobile phone generation. The integrated dual-mode HSDPA/WCDMA/E-GPRS modem technology,together with high speed multimedia hardware accelerators and the advanced connectivity options enable S-GOLD3H to fulfill the requirements of tomorrow's mobile phones.

INFINEON is one of the early platform vendors to support HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbit/s). The implementation of equalizer based advanced receiver technology improves the data throughput, especially at high data rates, by up to 40%. In addition, the software programmable slot processing in the HSDPA Rx path provides further flexibility for performanceenhancements. The HSDPA performance of S-GOLD3H meets and exceeds all test cases as specified in the 3GPP standard.

INFINEON's 3.5G physical layer architecture is future-proof and designed for an easy upgrade to higher HSDPA data rates, HSUPA and also Rx-diversity.

-3.5G gen chip
-HSDPA/WCDMA/E-GPRS
-HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbit/s)
-ARM 926 based single model/application processor
-MPEG4 / H.263 hardware processor

Check out the spec sheet

Heard that its the best on power of the new generation 3G chips (hope so).

Apple - iPhone | 16GB - MB384LL/A (iPhone)

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