Analog Devices and Marvell Showcase Next-Generation 5G Massive MIMO Radio Unit Platform at Mobile World Congress 2023
24 February 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Collaboration combines industry-leading digital
beamforming and transceiver silicon to propel advanced massive MIMO
into mainstream
Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a global semiconductor
leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable
breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge, and Marvell Technology, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor
solutions, announced their next-generation 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO)
reference design platform with support for Open RAN. The
combination of ADI’s latest RadioVerse® Transceiver SoC and the
Marvell® OCTEON® 10 Fusion 5G baseband processor – the industry’s
first 5 nm digital beamforming solution for 5G, improves the
time-to-market for advanced mMIMO radio units and O-RAN support
with up to 40% lower energy consumption, smaller size, and lower
weight. The OCTEON 10 Fusion baseband processor also provides
flexible L1 implementation, with hardware and software reuse across
the RU (Radio Unit) and DU (Distributed Unit) to facilitate
evolving L1 splits among operators worldwide over the coming years,
while the RadioVerse SoC provides extensive digital RF front end
capabilities including field proven DPD.
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Analog Devices and Marvell showcase
next-generation 5G massive MIMO radio unit platform at Mobile World
Congress 2023. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“As mMIMO radio functionality grows in complexity, more
specialized silicon approaches are required,” said Alex Jinsung
Choi, Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE. “Reference designs like the
one created by ADI and Marvell help catalyze the O-RAN market for
5G mMIMO radio units by enabling advanced configurations that meet
network operators’ high expectations for power efficiency and
performance.”
Together, the RadioVerse Transceiver SoC and the OCTEON 10
Fusion processor support the entire signal chain with unmatched RU
system efficiency. The ADRV9040 RadioVerse Transceiver SoC includes
substantial digital capabilities including linearization algorithms
for boosting power amplifier efficiency and performance, as well as
digital channel filters which reduce interface rates. The OCTEON 10
Fusion 5G baseband processor has specialized accelerators optimized
for efficiently processing complex beamforming algorithms, along
with dedicated processors for the low PHY baseband which can be
configured for the various O-RAN split 7.2x configurations.
“Infrastructure vendors face many challenges when developing
O-RAN mMIMO radio units, including access to optimized
semiconductors,” said Joe Barry, Vice President of Marketing,
Systems & Technology in the Communication and Cloud Business
Unit at ADI. “The performance and efficiency of this platform makes
industry-leading technology available to both established and
emerging vendors.”
“Marvell is pleased to collaborate with ADI in taking mMIMO
radios to the next level,” said Will Chu, Senior Vice President,
Processors Business Group at Marvell. “The combination of Marvell’s
OCTEON 10 Fusion 5G baseband processor and ADI’s leading RF
transceiver technology provides OEMs a 5G Open Radio Unit reference
design that scales the capabilities and performance of
next-generation mMIMO beamforming at the lowest possible
power.”
The reference design, which is expandable to support a 64T64R
configuration, supports 32 transmit and receive antennas (32T32R)
with 400 MHz of operational bandwidth and 300 MHz of instantaneous
bandwidth. The OCTEON 10 Fusion 5G baseband processor and
RadioVerse SoC leverage hardware accelerators as well as the
industry-leading RF and digital baseband process nodes shipping
commercially—16 nm and 5 nm respectively—delivering up to 40%
reduction in energy consumption per bit as compared over the
previous generation. The platform enables Network Energy Savings
(NES) modes, which deliver additional power savings.
The platform is on display at Mobile World Congress within ADI’s
booth (Hall 2, 2B18) and Marvell’s booth (Hall 2, 2F34).
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor
leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable
breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog,
digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive
advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital
healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and
the world. With revenue of more than $12 billion in FY22 and
approximately 25,000 people globally working alongside 125,000
global customers, ADI ensures today’s innovators stay Ahead of
What’s Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and
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About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the
world, we’re building solutions on the most powerful foundation:
our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world’s leading
technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and
secure the world’s data with semiconductor solutions designed for
our customers’ current needs and future ambitions. Through a
process of deep collaboration and transparency, we’re ultimately
changing the way tomorrow’s enterprise, cloud, automotive, and
carrier architectures transform—for the better.
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