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Qualcomm MSM6xxx
Developer Qualcomm, ARM Holdings
Manufacturer TSMC, IBM
Type System on chips
Introduction March 20, 2001 (announced)
2002 (launch)
Architecture Mobile baseband system-on-a-chip
ISA ARMv4, ARMv5
µarch ARM7TDMI, ARM926EJ-S
Word size 32 bit
4 octets
8 nibbles
Process 250 nm
0.25 μm
2.5e-4 mm
, 180 nm
0.18 μm
1.8e-4 mm
, 130 nm
0.13 μm
1.3e-4 mm
, 90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
, 65 nm
0.065 μm
6.5e-5 mm
Technology CMOS
Clock 20 MHz-270 MHz
Package FBGA-208, CSP-225, CSP-351, CSP-409
Succession
MSM5500 MSM7xxx

MSM6xxx (Mobile Station Modem 6xxx) was a family of 32-bit mobile ARM system on chips with 2G/3G capabilities designed by Qualcomm and introduced in 2002.

Overview[edit]

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Qualcomm announced the MSM6xxx family of system on chips in March of 2001. The chips offered key technologies such as second-generation (2G) and third-generation (3G) wireless technologies and wireless global roaming. These chips have various support levels for gpsOne position location capabilities, Bluetooth connectivity capabilities, UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) and advanced multimedia features such as Qtunes audio decoders, MPEG, MP3, and Compact Media Extension (CME) MIDI software support.

MSM6xxx is broken down into 3 platforms:

  • Value Platform - basic entry-level devices features such as basic color screens support, position-location services, music, ringtones and voice recognition features.
  • Multimedia Platform - mid-range devices features such as position-location services, video, audio, and gaming.
  • Enhanced Multimedia Platform - high-end devices features such as security, position-location, camera & imaging, audio, video, streaming, and conferencing.
  Value Platform Multimedia Platform Enhanced Platform
Music CMX / MP3 / AAC+ CMX / MP3 / WMA / REAL / AAC+ / E-AAC+ CMX / MP3 / WMA / REAL / AAC+ / E-AAC+
3D 50k Triangles/sec
400k 3D pixels/sec
225k Triangles/sec
7M 3D pixels/sec
Camera 2Mpixel 3Mpixel 5MPixel
Video Playback QCIF @15 fps Playback QCIF @15 fps
Record QCIF @15 fps
Record QVGA @15 fps
Playback @30 fps
Location A-GPS Mode A-GPS Mode A-GPS Mode
Mediacast Bluetooth 1.1/1.2 Bluetooth 1.1/1.2 Bluetooth 1.2
WLAN
Display QCIF (176x144) QCIF+ (176x220) QVGA (320x240)

Members[edit]

Value Platform[edit]

MSM6xxx Value Platform SoCs
ModelLaunchedCoreProcessFreqPackagecdmaOneCDMA2000GSMGPRSUMTS
MSM600015 April 2002ARM7TDMI250 nm
0.25 μm
2.5e-4 mm
20 MHz
0.02 GHz
20,000 kHz
MSM6025September 2003ARM7TDMI180 nm
0.18 μm
1.8e-4 mm
40 MHz
0.04 GHz
40,000 kHz
MSM6050January 2003ARM7TDMI180 nm
0.18 μm
1.8e-4 mm
40 MHz
0.04 GHz
40,000 kHz
MSM6200August 2002ARM7TDMI180 nm
0.18 μm
1.8e-4 mm
40 MHz
0.04 GHz
40,000 kHz
MSM622514 April 2005ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
146 MHz
0.146 GHz
146,000 kHz
MSM6245May 2006ARM926EJ-S65 nm
0.065 μm
6.5e-5 mm
180 MHz
0.18 GHz
180,000 kHz
Count: 6

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Multimedia Platform[edit]

MSM6xxx Multimedia Platform SoC
ModelLaunchedCoreProcessFreqPackagecdmaOneCDMA2000GSMGPRSUMTS
MSM6100November 2002ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
146 MHz
0.146 GHz
146,000 kHz
MSM6125November 2005ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
146 MHz
0.146 GHz
146,000 kHz
MSM6250September 2003ARM926EJ-S130 nm
0.13 μm
1.3e-4 mm
146 MHz
0.146 GHz
146,000 kHz
MSM6250AARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
180 MHz
0.18 GHz
180,000 kHz
MSM6255AMay 2006ARM926EJ-S65 nm
0.065 μm
6.5e-5 mm
225 MHz
0.225 GHz
225,000 kHz
MSM6260May 2006ARM926EJ-S65 nm
0.065 μm
6.5e-5 mm
225 MHz
0.225 GHz
225,000 kHz
MSM630030 September 2002ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
MSM65009 July 2003ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
146 MHz
0.146 GHz
146,000 kHz
Count: 8

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Enhanced Multimedia Platform[edit]

MSM6xxx Enhanced Multimedia Platform SoC
ModelLaunchedCoreProcessFreqPackagecdmaOneCDMA2000GSMGPRSUMTS
MSM6150August 2004ARM926EJ-S130 nm
0.13 μm
1.3e-4 mm
225 MHz
0.225 GHz
225,000 kHz
MSM6275December 2004ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
225 MHz
0.225 GHz
225,000 kHz
MSM6280September 2005ARM926EJ-S90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
270 MHz
0.27 GHz
270,000 kHz
MSM6550August 2004ARM926EJ-S130 nm
0.13 μm
1.3e-4 mm
90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
225 MHz
0.225 GHz
225,000 kHz
MSM65752006ARM926EJ-S65 nm
0.065 μm
6.5e-5 mm
270 MHz
0.27 GHz
270,000 kHz
MSM66002003ARM926EJ-S
MSM67002004ARM926EJ-S
MSM6800April 2006ARM926EJ-S130 nm
0.13 μm
1.3e-4 mm
90 nm
0.09 μm
9.0e-5 mm
270 MHz
0.27 GHz
270,000 kHz
Count: 8

Documents[edit]

Documents[edit]

Facts about "MSM6xxx - Qualcomm"
designerQualcomm + and ARM Holdings +
first announcedMarch 20, 2001 +
first launched2002 +
full page namequalcomm/msm6xxx +
instance ofsystem on a chip family +
instruction set architectureARMv4 + and ARMv5 +
main designerQualcomm +
manufacturerTSMC + and IBM +
microarchitectureARM7TDMI + and ARM926EJ-S +
nameQualcomm MSM6xxx +
packageFBGA-208 +, CSP-225 +, CSP-351 + and CSP-409 +
process250 nm (0.25 μm, 2.5e-4 mm) +, 180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) +, 130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) +, 90 nm (0.09 μm, 9.0e-5 mm) + and 65 nm (0.065 μm, 6.5e-5 mm) +
technologyCMOS +
word size32 bit (4 octets, 8 nibbles) +