Texas Instruments today announced the cooperation whereby Nokia will incorporate a single chip solution based on TI's Digital RF Processor (DRP) technology to its future mobile phones.

Based on TI's innovative DRP technology, the single-chip solution reinforces the company's clear edge in integration, furthering TI's and its customers' competitive positions.  This pioneering approach to wireless chip design applies digital technology to simplify radio frequency processing, which

• significantly reduces board space,
• extends battery life,
• and makes for a more cost-effective, powerful, versatile mobile phone. 

The world's first GSM cellular phone call using TI's DRP technology was made last February in TI's labs, proving the technology.