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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 October 2002
Controller gets to the core of satcomms
MIPS Technologies has licensed its MIPS32 4KEm processor core and new SOC-it system controller to Thrane and Thrane.
MIPS Technologies has licensed its MIPS32 4KEm processor core and new SOC-it system controller to Thrane and Thrane, one of the world's leading manufacturers of terminals for global mobile satellite communications Thrane and Thrane chose the MIPS solution after a competitive analysis of other IP cores
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Mobile terminals for the next-generation Inmarsat broadband network have challenging design requirements.
We chose MIPS Technologies' system-level solution over other IP processor options because it gives us the flexibility to exceed our performance goals while meeting the low power requirements demanded by mobile terminals", said Carsten Fallesen, ASIC project manager at Thrane and Thrane.
"In addition, as a synthesisable solution, it helps us keep costs down by giving us the flexibility to create an optimised platform relatively quickly and choose the silicon foundry process that best meets our needs".
Thrane and Thrane, a leading supplier of high-speed user terminals for the Inmarsat global satellite system, chose MIPS Technologies' system-level solution to meet the demanding power and performance requirements of the new services enabled by the next-generation Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (B-GAN).
Scheduled for launch in 2004, the B-GAN is intended to be compatible with the UMTS protocol for 3G mobile phones.
It will deliver standard voice as well as high-speed packet services at up to 432Kbit/s, which will provide Internet access, mobile multimedia and other advanced applications to remote, land-based mobile users such as those in international aid organisations, government, the media, and the oil and gas industry.
Thrane and Thrane received $15 million from Inmarsat to partly fund development of the terminals, as well as a user terminal core module that will be marketed to third-party manufacturers.
"Users anywhere in the world will soon have an enhanced experience with high-quality, high-value broadband communications, and we are pleased that Thrane and Thrane chose the MIPS architecture to power this performance-driven wireless application", said Kevin Meyer, vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies.
"In choosing the 4KEm core, Thrane and Thrane recognised that MIPS Technologies has a superior solution for low-power, high-performance wireless applications".
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