Point taken but this was a case of one major keitai competitor building
chips for another although with the recent NEC and Mitsubishi tie-up on
3G software it does make some sense.
Kyle
X-9 DESIGN LAB
http://www.X-9.com
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:13 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Keitai components
Kyle,
This is normal, don't be surprised. Welcome to the world of OEM.
Original Equipment
Manufacturer. Many things you see around the house or in the office with
a "Brand"
on it, was probably sold to you, mostly for the Brand value. The actual
device
was manufactured "to order" by some other outfit that won the bid to
make it
to the original specs. They put the "Brand" sticker on it, if it passes
the inspection
to be as good as the original Brand and then ship it for distribution.
Same with Chips and IC's. One Major manufacturer needs 10MM of the gate
arrays
and bids them out to Malaysia. They make the parts there, stamp US
Semiconductor
Brand Names on them to order and ship them back here.
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Chris Morgenstern
chrismorgen@gmx.net
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Received on Wed Aug 22 11:37:51 2001