Principal, Wireless Tech
Member of the Technology Council
Mark Oskowsky has formed his own hi-tech development consulting firm exclusively focused on wireless technology after spending over 25 years in various engineering and management positions at cellular, satellite, semiconductor and wireless telecommunication companies.
Till August 2006, Mr. Oskowsky was a Senior Staff at STMicroelectronics working at Nokia CDMA cellular product division on defining next generation of CDMA cellular phones. He specializes in wireless telecommunication and wireless products including cellular telephones, 802.11, GPS, RF semiconductors, IC chipset and modules.
Mr. Oskowsky holds patents in telecommunications, cellular telephone development and RF system design. He has worked for Motorola, AT&T Bell Labs, Trimble, Globalstar, ST Microelectronics, TRW-Northrop Grumman, and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems: Conexant and Skyworks on wireless projects, managing businesses and technologies.
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September 26, 2007
Chipset vendors jostle for position in WiMAX handsets | www.wimaxtrends.com
1. There is a lot of noise about WiMax being 4G technology for mobile devices including cellular phones. While this is probably true Wimax standard is not finalized yet and this fact makes the technology developers a risky companies to invest in. 2. NextWave is spending huge amount of money on technology development ranging from ICs, though the prototype development platforms for both industrial and consumer markets. In addition, NextWave is buying frequency spectrum all around the world. In my opinion this is very risky strategy because WiMax will be rolled-out in 2009-2010 if not later in some countries but the interest payments on company loans to have to be satisfied in the meantime. 3. In addition, the growth of the company is tremendous. They need more and more people to cover all the activities they are involved in and there is question in my mind of controlling the growth.
BOM and Cost of Typical Cell Phone
September 20, 2007
Apple Sets iPhone Price at $399 for this Holiday Season | www.apple.com
BOM and Cost of Typical Cell Phone Bill Of Materials (BOM) for cell phone is constantly falling. This is especially true for gsm/gprs/edge phones built in high volumes. I summarize the BOM cost of typical and mature phone based on Nokia 7820. Nokia 7820 is the mid/high end phone that has been introduced about a year ago. The BOM and price has already considerably fallen down. The phone is comparable to iPhone by Apple. 1. Samsung stacked memory is $2.00 to $3.00 2. TI OMAP – VOX $6 to $12. 3. Infineon Low Noise Amplifier-$0.15 4. RFMD GaAs Power Amplifier-$1 5. National Semi regulator-$0.35 6. The camera module $3 7. GSM transceiver $2 8. Analog ASIC $3 9. Bluetooth -$2. STM 10. Philips FM radio -$1 11. National Semi LED charge pump $0.5 12. SRAM-$1 Total IC BOM $20 to $26. Additional parts $24.
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