WiMAX Infrastructure Development Platform Now Available from Freescale.Freescale to Demonstrate Solution at This Week's IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. [R] Radio & Wireless Symposium AUSTIN, Texas -- The industry's most comprehensive development platform utilizing Power Architecture[TM] technology for the creation of WiMAX base band applications is available now from Freescale Semiconductor. Incorporating high performance PowerQUICC[TM] communication technology, StarCore[TM] digital signal processors and a field programmable gate array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ), the WiMAX base band platform works together with Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY See physical layer and physical. ) software to provide the performance and programmable processing required for production of WiMAX base station products. According to In-Stat, the number of fixed WiMAX subscribers worldwide is projected to reach 16 million by 2010, and the number of mobile WiMAX subscribers is expected to range from 15 million to 25 million. Designed to support both fixed and mobile stations, the WiMAX platform provides the essential hardware functionality required for a first generation WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2005 mobile base band platform in a single Advanced Mezzanine Card Advanced Mezzanine Cards are printed circuit boards (PCBs) that follow a specification of the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group (PICMG), with more than 100 companies participating. Known as AdvancedMC™, the official specification designation is AMC. (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ) form factor. "The integration of key silicon content combined with Freescale software makes Freescale's new base band channel card offering a comprehensive and flexible WiMAX solution," said Flint Pulskamp, program manager for IDC. "As WiMAX grows into a mainstream technology, this type of platform solution can help take this standard to the next level of adoption among telecommunication infrastructure firms." The design utilizes a Gigahertz performance MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8555E PowerQUICC III communication processor built on Power Architecture technology for MAC processing, two quad-core MSC8126 500Mz DSPs based on StarCore technology for Layer 1 PHY processing, and an FPGA for time domain processing. Freescale's QUICC QUICC Quad Integrated Communications Controller Engine[TM] technology enables network termination, and the AMC platform supports a variety of interface technologies including the Gigabit, Serial I/O and Rapid IO[TM] interconnect standards. Software shipped with the WiMAX platform includes CodeWarrior[R] development tools and a SmartDSP-OS RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. integrated with peripheral device drivers for Freescale's MSC8126 processor. Customers also can leverage enabling software kernels from Freescale for MAC and PHY processing. AMC card design details including schematics and gerber files are available upon request. WiMAX, a market-driven standard for delivering both fixed and mobile high speed data services is based on the IEEE 802.16 2005 mobile specifications. The standard continues to gain market momentum. A member of the WiMAX Forum, Freescale is a leading supplier of high-power RF transistors and other products optimized for the performance requirements of WiMAX base stations. The company is engaged with leading WiMAX base station equipment makers, leveraging its scalable processors and 3.5 GHZ RF power transistor portfolio. The platform, together with high-power RF transistors optimized for WiMAX applications and Freescale's full portfolio of general purpose amplifiers, is currently on display at this week's IEEE Radio & Wireless Symposium in Room 201-B of the Long Beach Convention Center. The SPTWIMAXCC1E AMC channel card is available now via Freescale's distribution channel. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 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 sales of $6.2 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. ) for the most recently reported four quarters. www.freescale.com 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. The Power Architecture and Power.org word marks and the Power and Power.org logos and related marks are trademarks and service marks licensed by Power.org. 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