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(New page: This is the device in the iPhone that manages all the functions which require an antenna. The GSM phone, as well as the WiFi and bluetooth are all under the control of the baseband process...)
 
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This is the device in the iPhone that manages all the functions which require an antenna. The GSM phone, as well as the WiFi and bluetooth are all under the control of the baseband processor. The baseband processor has its own RAM and firmware in NOR flash, separate from the ARM core resources. The baseband processor is a resource to the OS.
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This is the device in the iPhone that manages all the functions which require an antenna. The baseband processor has its own RAM and firmware in NOR flash, separate from the ARM core resources. The baseband processor is a resource to the OS.
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The Wi-Fi and bluetooth are managed by the main CPU, although the baseband stores their MAC addresses in it's NVRAM.
   
 
The [[iPhone]]'s baseband processor is the [[S-Gold 2]] and the [[iPhone 3G]] makes use of the [[X-Gold 608]] chip for this purpose.
 
The [[iPhone]]'s baseband processor is the [[S-Gold 2]] and the [[iPhone 3G]] makes use of the [[X-Gold 608]] chip for this purpose.

Revision as of 19:52, 30 July 2008

This is the device in the iPhone that manages all the functions which require an antenna. The baseband processor has its own RAM and firmware in NOR flash, separate from the ARM core resources. The baseband processor is a resource to the OS.

The Wi-Fi and bluetooth are managed by the main CPU, although the baseband stores their MAC addresses in it's NVRAM.

The iPhone's baseband processor is the S-Gold 2 and the iPhone 3G makes use of the X-Gold 608 chip for this purpose.

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