[0] Modem-Art Propels the 3G Market With Powerful and Programmable W-CDMA Baseband Processor.Business/High Tech Editors 3GSM World Congress 2002 RAANANA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002 Modem-Art Ltd. announced today that the first samples of its novel W-CDMA See WCDMA. programmable baseband processor, the MA1000, will be available by the middle of this year. The company fulfills industry needs by offering a solution for terminal manufacturers entering the 3G (Third Generation) market while at the same time, ensuring a reliable transition through evolving third generation standards. The MA1000 provides a smooth migration path by implementing Release 1999 and Release 4 of the 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol (Third Generation Project Partnerships) standard. It reduces terminal development time and cost through minimizing design, testing and production cycles while promoting high functionality. By coupling embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. with its baseband processor, Modem-Art's solution empowers single-mode 3G W-CDMA (UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. ) terminals as well as multimode UMTS/GSM/GPRS terminals. The baseband processor is built around Modem-Art's proprietary core technology-- the Programmable Modem Engine (PME PME Petites et Moyennes Entreprises PME Professional Military Education PME Pequenas e Médias Empresas (Portugal) PME Petite et Moyenne Entreprise PME Psychology of Mathematics Education PME Pi Mu Epsilon )-- which is a very powerful physical layer processor optimized for W-CDMA. Fine-tuned to efficiently realize the W-CDMA physical layer, the PME's multiprocessing multiprocessing Mode of computer operation in which two or more processors (see CPU) are connected and are active at the same time. In such a system, each processor is executing a different program or set of instructions, thus increasing computation speed over a architecture enables a rapid implementation of 3GPP standards releases and technical updates by software and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. , rather than hardware. The result is a baseband processor with broad system functionality, flexibility and low-power consumption that facilitates a smooth transition to new, sophisticated wireless services. "We believe that Modem-Art's programmable baseband processor will help ease through the major bottleneck A lessening of throughput. It often refers to networks that are overloaded, which is caused by the inability of the hardware and transmission lines to support the traffic. It can also refer to a mismatch inside the computer where slower-speed peripheral buses and devices prevent the CPU that holds back 3G industry growth," comments Dr. Yossi Kofman, Founder and Co-CEO of Modem-Art. "By supporting the 3GPP standard with a programmable baseband processor, our technology gives terminal manufacturers the ability to exploit the powerful features and variety of services provided by W-CDMA systems, leading to significant advantages in the evolving 3G marketplace." Modem-Art's programmable baseband processor solution will be featured in the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, February 19-22 (exhibit stand F66, Hall 2). About Modem-Art Modem-Art, Ltd. located in Raanana Israel, develops and markets chipsets for 3G terminals giving its customers-partners a significant competitive advantage in the global 3G cellular marketplace. By providing key elements for 3G terminals, Modem-Art is positioned to be a leading vendor of enabling technologies. For more information about Modem-Art and the company's novel technology, please visit the company's website www.modem-art.com. |
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