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Companies reach WiMAX agreement

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 26, 2007

Wavesat's UMobile 802.16e chipset will be manufactured by IBM using advanced eDRAM process technology.

Wavesat and IBM are working together on the development of a high-performance, power-efficient 802.16e WiMAX chipset targeting consumer electronic devices supporting advanced mobile wireless broadband services.

As part of the agreement, Wavesat's UMobile 802.16e chipset will be manufactured by IBM using eDRAM process technology.

By eliminating the need for any external memory, Wavesat's customers will save valuable real estate, cost and power consumption for very small form-factor mobile applications such as wireless dongles, mobile handsets and other consumer electronic devices.

Wavesat's Mobile chipset also packs in a customised embedded processor built on IBM Power Architecture technology running at up to 400MHz, providing the right processing power required for WiMAX Wave 2 profile including MIMO, and enabling high throughput.

IBM and Wavesat are also collaborating on power saving techniques such as voltage islands, aimed at lowering chipset power consumption and maximising power efficiency for different modes of operation.

"This is a landmark announcement for Wavesat and we are very pleased to team up with IBM, the world leader in semiconductor development, for our mobile WiMAX chipset", said Vijay Dube, President and COO for Wavesat.

"IBM will work hand in hand with us to design, manufacture, and jointly market our UMobile 802.16e chipset to provide our clients with the industry's best performance, lowest power consumption and most advanced design available".

"We are pleased to be working with Wavesat to provide 4G mobile WiMAX chipsets targeting consumer electronic devices", said Richard Busch, director of ASIC Products and Power Architecture Licensing and Cores, IBM Global Engineering Solutions.

"This is an excellent opportunity for us to leverage IBM's ASIC and embedded Power PC technologies coupled with our Design Service capabilities".

Wavesat has been heavily involved with the development of IEEE802.16 d/e standards and WiMAX Forum activities, including Plugfests and certification.

Wavesat is scheduled to release in Q4 its 802.16e Panther UMobile family, designed to exceed WiMAX Forum Wave 2 certification requirements.