Freescale Development Platform Speeds Creation of LTE Base Station Equipment.Modular AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. Design Extends to Create "Base Station-in-a-Box" Solution PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. introduces a development platform designed to speed and simplify creation of networking equipment for 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE (Long Term Evolution) See 3GPP. ) and other emerging broadband wireless See wireless broadband. technologies. The platform will be displayed in Paris this week at the Freescale Technology Forum. Freescale's solution is engineered to provide the multi-gigahertz performance, low power operation, and interconnect technologies crucial to support the high data rate air interface and IP packet handling requirements of LTE base stations. The platform leverages Freescale's portfolio of microprocessor and DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive technologies to deliver closely coupled Layer 1 and Layer 2 LTE radio processing. The solution combines programmable data plane software with Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) featuring the MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8548 PowerQUICC[TM] III processor and the quad-core MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. 8144 StarCore DSP. C-based data plane software seamlessly integrates the processors, enabling the advanced features and scheduling algorithms essential to delivering low latency, high throughput LTE systems. "Even as LTE standards evolve, Freescale is providing a modular, fully programmable platform to help customers jump start product creation and adapt to evolving market requirements," said Jeff Timbs, marketing director for Freescale's Networking Systems Division. "This developer-friendly solution provides the flexibility and performance necessary to create networking equipment that enhances end user experiences." Based on a low-cost MicroTCA chassis and deploying programmable processors onto modular AMC cards, the platform speeds time-to-market and allows individual software and hardware components to be upgraded as new standards evolve over time. Base stations based on the platform can be cleanly partitioned into separate network, radio Layer 2, and radio Layer 1 processors, which can each scale according to emerging system performance requirements. The radio processor cards are interconnected via low latency Serial RapidIO[R] and Gigabit Ethernet schemes - technologies integrated directly by the platform's PowerQUICC and StarCore DSP processors. About the MSC8144 and MPC8548E Based on StarCore technology, the MSC8144 is one of the industry's highest performing fully programmable DSPs. It combines four StarCore DSP cores running at up to 1 GHz each, and is engineered to provide outstanding processing performance while maintaining competitive cost and power. Freescale's MPC8548E PowerQUICC III communications processor delivers gigahertz-class performance, extreme integration and multiple high-speed interconnects - all at attractive price points. Both devices support a variety of high-speed interconnects including Serial RapidIO technology and on-chip Gigabit Ethernet. Availability Initial prototype versions of the platform are available today, and general availability is planned for late Q4 2007. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (c) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2007. |
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