Freescale Teams with Wavesat on WiMAX Reference Platform for Business and Residential Gateways; WiMAX CPE Solution Combines Pow
24 July 2006 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) and Wavesat, a
leading supplier of WiMAX chipsets, software and development tools,
are collaborating to deliver a comprehensive reference platform
solution for WiMAX-enabled customer premises equipment (CPE). The
two companies are demonstrating the WiMAX CPE solution at the
Freescale Technology Forum this week. "The combined WiMAX CPE
reference platform from Freescale and Wavesat is designed to enable
a converged wired/wireless business and residential gateway
solution," said David Perkins, senior vice president and general
manager of Freescale's Networking and Computing Systems Group.
"With WiMAX gaining momentum around the world, turnkey platform
solutions like ours are what the market needs to drive rapid
deployment of broadband wireless technology in cost-effective CPE
products." According to In-Stat, the number of fixed WiMAX
subscribers is projected to reach 16 million by 2010, while mobile
WiMAX subscribers will range from 15 million to 25 million. "WiMAX
(and WiBro) have their place in the broadband world," says Norm
Bogen, director of networking at In-Stat. "All regions of the world
are showing interest in fixed wireless broadband. We believe that
Asia will be the largest market for WiMAX and WiBro, followed by
Europe and then North America. However, no single region is
expected to dominate shipments and subscribers." The WiMAX CPE
solution combines Wavesat's award-winning WiMAX chipsets, Mini-PCI
design and CPE MAC software with Freescale's turnkey reference
boards. These boards are based on the MPC8349E and MPC8323E
PowerQUICC(TM) II Pro processors built on Power Architecture(TM)
technology. Optimized for business and residential gateways, the
integrated CPE solution supports WiMAX Forum 802.16d-2004
certification. It also is designed for upgradeability to the
IEEE(R) 802.16e-2005 standard for mobility in accordance with the
WiMAX Forum ETG profile. "Integrating our WiMAX Forum certified
Mini-PCI and MAC software with Freescale's PowerQUICC II Pro
processor-based reference boards will provide our combined
customers with a high-performance and flexible WiMAX CPE solution,"
said Michel Guay, president and CEO of Wavesat. "Freescale sets
high standards of performance, innovation and quality for its
products and platforms, and we look forward to collaborating with
Freescale on next-generation WiMAX reference platforms."
Forthcoming WiMAX platforms are planned to include next-generation
Wavesat chipsets and software and Freescale's PowerQUICC
communications processors, host processors and high-performance
multicore digital signal processors based on StarCore(R)
technology. "We chose Wavesat's portfolio because it is the most
complete and powerful WiMAX Forum certified solution and features
the only WiMAX Mini-PCI on the market," said Nino Sampietro,
managing director and chief technology officer of Telsa. "The
platform integration with Freescale fits extremely well in our
WiMAX product road map, enabling operators to benefit from today's
WiMAX solutions and evolve with the ecosystem." A member of the
WiMAX Forum, Freescale is a leading supplier of high-power RF
transistors optimized for the performance requirements of WiMAX
base stations. Freescale also has engaged with leading WiMAX base
station equipment makers, leveraging its scalable processors and
3.5 GHz RF power transistor portfolio. Freescale WiMAX CPE
platforms Freescale's MPC8349E and MPC8323E PowerQUICC II Pro
processor families provide cost-effective, high-performance
communications processing solutions for SOHO and home networking
applications, including WiMAX-enabled residential gateways. The
MPC8349E mITX reference board is available now. Targeting the SOHO
and small-to-medium business market, the reference board is
optimized for business gateways that deliver IP-centric services.
It features a 667MHz MPC8349E processor, a four-port USB 2.0
interface, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet
switch, an on-board 4-port PCI serial advanced technology
attachment (SATA) controller, 32-bit PCI and MiniPCI slots, a
two-port RS-232C interface and a SATA hard drive. The board ships
with Linux(R) 2.6.x with Samba on Flash. Offered in the mini-ITX
form factor, the reference board makes it easy to design compact
WiMAX CPE systems. Reference boards for the MPC8323E processor
family are planned to be available in early Q4 2006. The MPC8323E
family features a streamlined version of QUICC Engine(TM)
technology containing a single 32-bit RISC engine optimized for
residential and SOHO gateways. When combined with Wavesat's
Mini-PCI card and MAC software, the MPC8323E reference boards are
designed to offer a cost-effective, compact solution for
WiMAX-enabled residential gateways. Wavesat WiMAX solutions Wavesat
is the first company to have received WiMAX Forum certification for
its CPE Design earlier this year. Wavesat's award-winning WiMAX
product portfolio is a complete and cost-effective solution
supporting all the necessary features to design base stations and
subscriber units for both licensed and license-exempt radio
frequencies. It consists of a full-range of standard-based
integrated circuits, software and development platforms supporting
WiMAX 802.16-2004 certification and designed for forward
compatibility with 802.16e-2005 for basic mobility. Featuring the
industry's only WiMAX Mini-PCI card and chosen by ODMs and OEMs
worldwide, Wavesat's WiMAX portfolio solution provides effective
wireless connectivity for a wide range of network sizes and
coverage from urban to rural applications. Wavesat provides
solutions for each WiMAX market segment: -- Backhaul to DSL
extension with 802.16-2004 Fixed OFDM solutions -- High-speed
connectivity for laptop mobility with 802.16e OFDM Evolutive(TM)
products -- Full mobility with the upcoming 802.16e sOFDMA
UMobile(TM) product portfolio for WiBro/WiMAX applications About
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About Wavesat Founded in 1993, Wavesat Inc. is a fabless
semiconductor company focused on the development and supply of
baseband chips, software and development tools for WiMAX compliant
systems. Wavesat is headquartered in Montreal, Canada where it
conducts research and development activities. Wavesat is a
privately held company. Key investors include BDC Venture Capital,
Monet Capital, Multiple Capital Montreal, Pac-Link Management
Corp., Skypoint Capital Corporation, Solidarity Fund QFL and
Sunsino Ventures Group. Wavesat is a principal member of the WiMAX
Forum, a nonprofit corporation formed to certify the compatibility
and interoperability of Broadband Wireless devices conforming to
the 802.16 wireless MAN and ETSI HiperMAN specifications and to
help accelerate the introduction of these devices into the
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