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Cognovo software defined baseband chip released to Samsung 45nm process

Cognovo  has announced a successful tape out of a Software Defined Modem (SDM) device in Samsung Foundry’s advanced 45nm LP (low power) process. The device – based on Cognovo’s latest Modem Compute Engine (MCE) IP core, MCE160 – will enable licensees to develop soft modems in all cellular and wireless standards including WiFi, 2G, 3G, HSPA+, LTE and LTEAdvanced. Built around Cognovo’s Vector Signal Processor (VSP) technology, spun out of ARM in 2009, the synthesisable MCE160 core delivers a record 250 GOp/s (Giga Operations per second) processing power.

Cognovo launches Soft Modem Engine for LTE-Advanced – with 3x performance increase

Cognovo claims its new MCE160 is the industry's most powerful soft modem processing engine. This is the latest product in Cognovo's Modem Compute Engine family of soft modem IP cores, taking the present LTE-capable MCE120 architecture to a new performance level by incorporating additional processing resources to meet the requirements of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) and other algorithmically intensive applications, such as infrastructure.

Skyworks PA powers Samsung’s first commercial LTE modem

Skyworks Solutions announced yesterday that Samsung Electronics is using one of its power amplifier (PA) modules in the Samsung GT-B3710 - a USB modem that it says is the world's first commercial LTE device. The compact and efficient SKY77706 LTE PA module is designed for multiple handset and data card applications, and will allow consumers to enjoy the benefits of high-speed data services such as advanced Web TV broadcasting, online gaming and Web conferencing.

ST-Ericsson and Sagem Wireless collaborate on multimode LTE/HSPA+ platform

It has been announced that Sagem Wireless and ST-Ericsson are to partner on the development of multimode LTE/HSPA+ reference designs, devices and modules. The two companies are collaborating on a multimode platform that can connect to LTE, HSPA+, 3G and GSM networks, with the aim of launching a mobile broadband modem before the end of 2010. This builds on an announcement in March of this year of a strategic partnership to co-operate on the development of a wide range of wireless products.