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kingpin@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Joe Smooth) writes:


>Hi I need some help identifying the microprocessor used in a Novatel
>transportable cellular phone I have.. on the microprocessor chip itself,
>it says the following:

>	9049AV Z90071
>	VC5055-0001
>	Novatel 1CPU

Looks like an ASIC to me. It's probably a mask-programmed CPU core with
tiled glue-logic scattered around it. Check any of the major CPU makers
for standard-cell . That's probably what they're using.

By the way, if you're trying to hack it to change the ESN, don't. My
wife, who sells cellphones for a living, was telling me about some of
the interesting new ways they have to detect illegal reprogramming, and
the delight they take in tracking down such folks.

If it's just blown, and you're trying to do a cheap fix, I think you're
out of luck. Unless you want to reverse-engineer it and buy 100K pieces.
:-) :-)

Mark G. Forbes | forbesm@atlantis.cs.orst.edu