Conexant Systems has announced a dual-core 32-bit digital audio processor that integrates for the first time a high-speed USB 2.0 interface. The 800Mips digital signal processor (DSP) is based on the firm’s new audio processing architecture, which it says lays the foundation for future chip developments. “This new architecture, which combines a 32-bit DSP core, advanced power management and rich I/Os, is a first for the ...
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Nujira launches 4G handset chip to cut power by 50%
Nujira has announced its first IC for 4G mobile handsets based on its envelope tracking (ET) power supply modulation technology. The Cambridge-based firm claims its NCT-L1100 chip can cut wasted energy from power amplifiers (PAs) in mobile handsets by more than 50%. According to Nujira’s CEO, Tim Haynes, reducing the power consumption of PAs is one of the key challenges facing 3G and 4G smartphone OEMs ...
Dialog wins VoIP chipset design-in with VTech
Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its low power VoIP chipset has been adopted by Hong Kong-based cordless and corded phone manufacturer VTech. Under the terms of the partnership VTech is using Dialog’s SC14452 and SC14461 VoIP processors and Rhea software suite to produce a series of VoIP cordless and corded phones. The first of which, the S-series of single and dual-line phone systems, ...
Small cell LTE deployment grows strongly – Femto Forum
The Femto Forum, the independent industry group supporting femtocell deployment, claims there has been a strong uptake of its small cell LTE application platform interfaces (APIs). According to the group, 17 manufacturers have so far adopted the APIs for their upcoming LTE products including Airvana, AirWalk Communications, Broadcom, Cisco, Freescale, ip.access, mimoOn , Mindspeed, Picochip, Radisys, Tata Elxsi, Texas Instruments and Ubiquisys. SK Telecom ...
Mirics has software TV tuner for Apple iOS devices in Japan
Mirics, the software-based TV receiver firm, has announced availability of client software for Apple iOS devices, supporting live European DVB-T broadcast TV on computers. The firm’s FlexiTV software-based TV receiver has been introduced to Japan by IO Data. The IO Data GV-TV 100 USB dongle supports HD TV reception in Japan, now the country has switched from analogue to digital broadcasting. The transition has been completed ...
Five chipsets in small cell shoot-out
Five processor-based chipset designs are battling for shares of the growing small cell basestation market, says market watcher In-Stat. Small cells include femtocells that serve as few as 4 users and have an effective range of 15-50 meters (typically used in residences and small enterprises); picocells, used to provide coverage indoors and outdoors for up to 100 users; and microcells, used to support ...
Avago demos 25G serdes cores in 100G backplane push
Avago Technologies has a 25Gbit/s serialiser/deserialiser (serdes) core in 28nm process technology has demonstrated compliance with the Common Electrical Interface (CEI) standard for 25G Long Reach (LR). Achieving CEI-25G-LR compliance it is intended for Asic design in data networking applications and supports the push for 100G Ethernet infrastructure. Avago demonstrated its 25G SerDes cores in backplane applications at the DesignCon 2012 ...
CEVA-XC323 DSP core design kit supports multi-standards
CEVA has announced the availability of a silicon-based, software development kit (SDK) for runtime software development based on the CEVA-XC323 DSP architecture. The CEVA-XC323 silicon embedded in the SDK was designed by CEVA and manufactured on a 65nm process, delivering up to 800MHz performance. The expectation is that this level of performance will support the design of software-based modems and associated application software, running ...
Wideband antenna meets need for new mobile frequencies
CommScope claims to have an antenna which can be used by operators to add spectrum and bandwidth to mobile networks. The family of ultra-wideband basestation antennas are designed to address the needs of operators for bandwidth growth and additional radio spectrum availability in the future. “This familiy of ultra-wideband antennas will be very beneficial for the forward-looking operator who may need to deploy additional ...
Cambridge Consultants uses DECT for radio microphone
Cambridge Consultants has developed a reference design for radio microphones using the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) platform. Accoding to the Cambridge-based design house the radio microphone design “quadruples the range of existing radio microphone technology, whilst also lowering the total bill of materials costs to under $12 for each microphone”. The new microphone design deploys Cambridge Consultants’ DECT-based Salix audio distribution platform, delivering ...
