Freescale builds leadership position in small cell market as customers rapidly adopt QorIQ Qonverge base station-on-chips

SEOUL--(Korea Newswire)--Freescale Semiconductor’s QorIQ Qonverge small cell base station-on-chip processors have met with rapid adoption since their introduction last year. Companies adopting QorIQ Qonverge processors for their next-generation designs currently account for more than 50 percent of the small cell base station market .

To help fuel additional success, Freescale will provide QorIQ Qonverge PSC913x femtocell products with commercial LTE Layer 1 software for small cell base stations. This new, production-quality software, branded under the company’s VortiQa networking software line, is closely coupled with the silicon for optimal performance and streamlined development. The offering is one of the industry’s first LTE Layer 1 software stacks on a fully scalable base station SoC platform featuring multimode support for LTE + WCDMA. The software is integrated and tested with partners’ L2/L3 and RF software, allowing customers to leverage Freescale’s software investment and realize a lower cost of market entry.

“One year after introducing our QorIQ Qonverge products, many customers have adopted our femtocell base station-on-chip technology and will soon have access to even more comprehensive solutions with our attached Layer 1 software,” said Scott Aylor, general manager of Freescale Wireless Access Division. “Because we designed the software specifically to leverage the QorIQ Qonverge platform, customers get optimal performance from world-class DSP and microprocessor technologies, plus they get to market faster.”

Many leading wireless infrastructure base station companies including Airvana and ip.access have adopted Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge PSC913x processors for their small cell base station solutions. Together, Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge PSC913x customers represent more than 50 percent of the small cell market, positioning Freescale well in this fast-growing market .

“Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge product line gives us the flexibility to cost-effectively address the widest possible small cell market by providing a common architecture that supports our 3G CDMA and 4G LTE femtocell product lines, and programmability that allows us to incorporate advanced features,” said Michael Clark, Airvana’s general manager for Femtocell Business. “Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge products are helping accelerate the deployment of our world-class small cells in next-generation wireless networks.”

“After an extensive RFQ process, it was clear that Freescale is the ideal partner to supply the defining processor for our new dual-mode 3G/LTE access point products,” said Dr. Nick Johnson, chief technology officer for ip.access. “Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge line offers unmatched scalability, performance and multimode capability in a highly advanced system-on- a-chip solution.”

Part of the QorIQ Qonverge product line, Freescale’s PSC913x products combine multiple Power Architecture® cores and high-performance StarCore DSPs with MAPLE (multi-accelerator platform engine) multimode baseband technology, packet processing acceleration engines, interconnect fabric and next-node process technology.

The PSC9130/31 femtocell SoCs (for eight to 16 simultaneous users) were among the first available QorIQ Qonverge processors. The processors support a range of air interfaces, including LTE (FDD/TDD), WCDMA (UMTS, HSPA+), WiMAX, and CDMA. The devices also incorporate glueless RFIC communication and antennae interfaces, eliminating the need for additional chips (such as FPGAs) and ultimately reducing board space and cost. The ultra-integrated PSC913x family also provides support for GPS synchronization and 2G/ WCDMA/LTE sniffing in a single device.

VortiQa Wireless Infrastructure LTE Layer 1 Software

The Layer 1 software package includes 3GPP LTE L1 software, CodeWarrior tools support and a full board support package (BSP) including drivers, SDOS, Linux® OS and APIs for key accelerators (e.g. MAPLE, SEC). Customers also have access to commercial operating systems and tools from Freescale third party partners.

For more information, visit www.freescale.com/QorIQQonverge

About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) is a global leader in embedded processing solutions, providing industry leading products that are advancing the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. From microprocessors and microcontrollers to sensors, analog integrated circuits and connectivity – our technologies are the foundation for the innovations that make our world greener, safer, healthier and more connected. Some of our key applications and end-markets include automotive safety, hybrid and all-electric vehicles, next generation wireless infrastructure, smart energy management, portable medical devices, consumer appliances and smart mobile devices. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing and sales operations around the world. www.freescale.com

Supporting quotes from Freescale partners

Aricent Group

“Aricent Group is pleased to team with Freescale to deliver our proven software framework on Freescale QorlQ Qonverge processors which enable TEMs to accelerate delivery of base stations in a highly competitive LTE market,” said Rakesh Vij, vice president of Aricent Group. “Through their current LTE rollouts and trials, TEMs have recognized the demand for a wider range of eNodeB equipment to match the specific requirements of global operators, and the QorlQ Qonverge line is an excellent solution. The fact that we already have common customers on the solution is even better news.”

Radisys

“Integration with the leading base station-on-chip providers is the cornerstone of our Trillium small cell software strategy,” said Todd C. Mersch, Software and Solutions product line director for Radisys. “Freescale's QorIQ Converge platform provides us with the perfect combination of performance and software support to deliver complete small cell software solutions for 3G, LTE and multi-mode applications.”

Website: http://www.freescale.com

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