Dramatic increases in wireless communication and application processing, the number of radio interfaces, and the amount of memory integrated into advanced handsets are overwhelming compared to simple, voice-only designs. At the same time, handset users expect very small, sleek, low-cost handsets that feature large color displays and standby and talk times similar to those of voice-only handsets. In response, handset component manufacturers are moving aggressively to include advanced power-management techniques, specially tailoring communication and application processing architectures to the required tasks and dramatically reducing component cost.