picoChip wins deal with Institute of Computing Technology -ICT- of the Chinese Academy of Sciences -CAS- to collaborate on WiMAX.BATH, England -- Companies partner to accelerate WiMAX development and deployment in China Only four months after opening its Chinese office and development center, picoChip has announced a key partnership with the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Simplified Chinese: 中国科学院; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn), formerly known as Academia Sinica (CAS) to collaborate on the acceleration of WiMAX in China. ICT will use picoChip's industry-leading WiMAX reference designs and PC102 processor, and the two organisations will work together to assist Chinese carriers with the development and deployment of WiMAX systems. The partnership was announced today at the Wireless Broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 session of the UK-China High Technology Industry Forum in Beijing. Li Zhongcheng, Director of the Network Department of the Institute of Computing Technology, China Academy of Sciences, said, "picoChip has shown strong commitment to China and is a world-leader in WiMAX. We have great confidence that this agreement will be of substantial benefit to both of us and to our Chinese customers." Speaking at the Forum, Peter Claydon, co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of picoChip, added, "Building on our plans for growth in the Chinese market, we are delighted that ICT recognises our global technology strength in WiMAX and has committed to a long-term relationship with us. The combination of ICT's world-renowned research expertise and strong industry knowledge together with picoChip's technology and WiMAX experience will significant assist the needs of operators in China." China is one of the world's most important wireless markets and picoChip continues to increase its commitment and focus on the region by working closely with strong local partners and government entities. The company announced its Shenzhen center at the UK-China ICT Week last September. It includes a fully equipped development laboratory supporting local engineering activities, including systems development and research projects. picoChip provides solutions to the key challenges of cost, development time and flexibility for next generation of wireless systems. The company's processor, the PC102, delivers world-beating price / performance and has achieved design wins with numerous major companies developing wireless infrastructure. Uniquely, the company also delivers complete, standard compliant reference designs for 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. (including HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. ) and WiMAX (16d upgradeable to 16e for mobility). Note: picoArray is a registered trademark of picoChip. All other trademarks and servicemarks are the property of their respective owners. About ICT Founded in 1956, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICT-CAS) is the first academic institution specializing in the comprehensive research of computer science and technology. China's first general-purpose digital electronic computer was created at ICT-CAS, which later became a research and development base for high-performance computers. It is also the birthplace of the first high-performance general-purpose CPU chip Same as microprocessor. . At present, there are six research laboratories, an engineering center, and several incubated high-tech companies at ICT-CAS. These create a well-coordinated system of scientific research and commercialization. The major research areas at ICT-CAS are processor and system-on-chip (SoC) design, high-performance computing and grid computing, network and digitalization digitalization /dig·i·tal·iza·tion/ (dij?i-tal-i-za´shun) the administration of digitalis or one of its glycosides in a dosage schedule designed to produce and then maintain optimal therapeutic concentrations of its cardiotonic technologies, information processing, and intellectualized Internet software. http://www.ict.ac.cn About picoChip picoChip, located in Bath, England, is dedicated to providing innovative, flexible wireless solutions to help equipment makers minimize time-to-market, costs, and system power consumption. The heart of the company's offering is a scaleable, multi-processor baseband IC that combines the computational density of a dedicated ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. with the programmability of a traditional high end Digital Signal Processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
www.picochip.com About UK China High Technology Forum The 3rd UK-China High Technology Forum was held in Beijing on the 17-18th January, at BP's Clean Energy Centre based in Tsinghua University. Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Minister for Science and Innovation opened the event which will be the first in the "Year of British Science in China", together with Dr Liu Yanhua, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology http://www.aptn.org/3rd.htm |
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