Intel is back in the 4G game, shipping its first smartphone LTE chip
Intel on Wednesday announced the commercial availability of its long-awaited
LTE modem targeted at smartphones and tablets - the first step in making it a
credible challenger to dominant 4G chipmaker Qualcomm.
This isn't Intel's first LTE silicon. It launched an LTE modem last year, but
it was a bit of a one-trick pony, supporting 4G networking but none of the 3G
and 2G technologies mobile devices need to fall back on when LTE is
unavailable. The new XMM 7160 fills that gap, linking to not only 15 global
LTE bands but also HSPA and GSM networks. It even supports new voice-over-LTE
(VoLTE) services. The radio chip is already supplying the wireless
connectivity inside of theEuropean and Asian editions of Samsung's Galaxy Tab
3 (which also happens to sport an Intel Atom processor), and starting today
the modem will begin shipping worldwide to device makers.
This also isn't Intel's first trip to mobile broadband rodeo. In the last
decade it tried to spearhead WiMAX as the successor to 3G, but the initially
promising technology failed to gain traction among global carriers. That sent
Intel back to the drawing board. It bought Infineon back in 2010, making it
an instant force in the 2G and 3G radio market, but it was still far behind
Qualcomm when it came to LTE. Qualcomm modems powered the first LTE
smartphones back in 2011, and it's been on a roll ever since.
"Late", however, is a relative term, according to Aicha Evans, Intel VP of
wireless. Qualcomm may have established early dominance, but Intel has
basically built an LTE business from scratch since it acquired Infineon,
Evans said. "We did in three and a half years what some couldn't do in seven
years," Evans said.
英特尔重回4G战场，首款智慧手机LTE芯片问世
星期三英特尔推出引颈期盼的LTE调制解调器，希望以此进军智慧型手机和平板电脑市场，这
是他们向4G芯片领导者高通宣战的第一步。
这并非他们第一款LTE硅光产品。他们去年就推出了LTE调制解调器，但是用途却太过单一，
他们支援4G网络，但当LTE讯号收不到时，却没办法支援3G和2G的行动产品装置。
这个问题因为XMM7160的出现有了改善，他不只连结全球15个LTE个波段，
也连接了高速封包存取以及全球移动通讯系统。他甚至还支援了新的LTE网络直传
(VoLTE)装置。欧洲和亚洲版本的三星Galaxy tab3平板电脑里都已经装载这款无线电
芯片，同时他们也采用了英特尔Atom处理器。而从今天开始，这款调制解调器会开始销售
到世界各地的制造商。这并非英特尔第一次推出他们的超宽带。早在十年前他们就首
先继3G后推出了WiMAX。尽管这项科技当初看起来很有发展性，但却因为对电信业者缺乏
吸引力而告吹，使得英特尔必须从头开始。2010年，英特尔买下了英飞凌科技股份有限
公司，让他在2G及3G无线上网的市场上有了本钱，但是要说到LTE，他们那时离高通还很
远。2011年，高通的调制解调器主宰了第一代LTE智慧型手机市场，从那以后他们就一直居于
领导地位。不过英特尔的艾卡．艾文思(Aicha Evans)讲到无线这一块时说到，所谓的
“起步慢”只是一个相对的词汇。高通或许已经建立起他们的权威，但是英特尔从买下
英飞凌开始，就已经开始初步发展LTE产业了。艾文思说道：
“我们用了三年半的时间做到了别人七年内都做不到的事。”
想请问一下，
shipping、LTE silicon、HSPA、GSM network、
voice-over-LTE(VoLTE) service、mobile broadhand、
tried to spearhead WiMAX as the successor to 3G、
It was still far behind Qualcomm when it came to LTE、
Qualcomm modems powered the first LTE smartphones、
Qualcomm may have established early dominance、
Intel has basically built an LTE from scratch since it acquired Infineon
这几句有什么特别严重的错误？
然后commercial availibility、
making it a credible challenger、
supplying the wireless connectivity
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