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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: LSI Europe | Subject: RapidChip
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2005
Platform ASIC cuts basestation down to
size
IPWireless, a global provider of advanced standards-based broadband wireless technology, has deployed a RapidChip platform ASIC in its 3G-UMTS basestation.
IPWireless, a global provider of advanced standards-based broadband wireless technology, has deployed a RapidChip platform ASIC in its 3G-UMTS basestation This IPWireless platform is being used in UTStarcom's MovingMedia 6000 TD-CDMA basestations (Node Bs) to deliver wireless broadband service to residential and mobile users
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Redefining the custom semiconductor market that it was instrumental in creating, LSI Logic has introduced a new semiconductor platform called RapidChip.
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IPWireless successfully lowered power consumption and reduced its overall bill of materials by integrating three high-complexity FPGA devices into a single RapidChip platform ASIC solution.
"We needed to increase performance and reduce cost without sacrificing time-to-market".
"LSI Logic's RapidChip platform ASIC matched our needs by enabling us to meet our timeline and deliver a competitive product to our customer", said Roger Nichol, Vice President, Product Development, IPWireless.
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Slices bridge gap between FPGAs and cell ASICs
LSI Logic has developed seven user-configurable RapidChip slices that free designers to create custom logic solutions for a broad range of applications in as little as six months.
Dedicated design system speeds RapidChip ASICs
RapidWorx is an innovative design system for LSI Logic RapidChip platform ASIC products.
"The RapidChip technology improved on our previous solution by providing tighter security for our intellectual property, higher performance, lower power consumption and significant cost savings for equivalent logic functionality".
"Using LSI Logic's RapidChip technology, IPWireless met its customer requirements for functionality, performance, fast time-to-market and price", said Rich Brossart, Vice President, Technology Marketing, LSI Logic Corp.
"Companies today are under tremendous pressure to meet technical objectives within shorter market windows, and our RapidChip technology enabled IPWireless to quickly move to volume production using one Platform ASIC chip rather than multiple FPGAs".
IPWireless is a leader in the development of very high performance packet-based wireless networks.
The company's 3GPP-based UMTS TDD technology leadership has resulted in the first commercial implementation of an all packet-based UMTS network, the first UMTS network designed specifically for broadband wireless, the first end-to-end Release 99 TD-CDMA solution, and the first commercial HSDPA chipset.
IPWireless partners with leading device, infrastructure, and integrators to offer end-to-end packet based UMTS solutions.
Networks powered by IPWireless technology are now deployed around the world by operators offering innovative stationary, portable and mobile services to subscribers.
The RapidChip platform ASIC solution is a collection of silicon, intellectual property and design methodology tightly woven together to shorten the design cycle and minimise development costs for complex systems.
This is done by addressing the areas of ASIC construction which have the greatest impact to the design schedule and its variability.
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