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Handsets: Your Next Computer?
* Handsets’ small form factor, mobility have yielded meteoric sales [1]
o 3.3 billion mobile phone subscriptions as of Jan. 2008
o 2.7 billion subscriptions correspond to one person; some people have multiple phones!
* Rapid replacement rate: young adults replace phones every 6 months in South Korea [1]
* These statistics are just for phones
* Your handset: your next computer? [2]
What’s Inside a Mobile Handset?
* Handsets use several hardware components:
o Microphone and speaker
o Hardware interfaces
o LCD display
* Handsets store system data in electronically-erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
o Service providers can reprogram phones without requiring physical access to memory chips
* OS is stored in ROM (nonvolatile memory)
* Most handsets also include subscriber identity module (SIM) cards
Handset Microprocessors
* Handsets use embedded processors
o Intel, ARM architectures dominate market. Examples include:
+ BlackBerry 8700, uses Intel PXA901 chip [4]
+ iPhone, uses Samsung ARM 1100 chip [5]
o Low power use and code size are crucial [3]
o Microprocessor vendors often package all the chip’s functionality in a single chip (package-on-package) for maximum flexibility
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