picoChip targets femtocells with latest processor range
picoChip has launched the PC3xx family of baseband processors targeted specifically at the femtocell market. These second generation devices are said to enable femtocell manufacturers to reduce bill-of-materials substantially whilst increasing performance.
“With this second generation of devices, picoChip will deliver a highly integrated, yet flexible and cost sensitive solution for the femtocell market. Cost optimisation is critical in this market and by moving to 65nm we deliver on that with the PC3xx family,” said Guillaume d’Eyssautier picoChip’s president and ceo.
Fabricated in 65nm technology, the picoChip PC302 is a complete femtocell solution, supporting up to 14.4Mbit/s HSDPA and 5.7Mbit/s HSUPA for four connected terminals. It integrates a 3GPP NodeB modem, RNC stack, Radio Resource Management, cryptographic engine, high speed accelerators, synchronisation, network listen functionality and peripherals. The picoArray based multicore architecture also supports in field upgrade and delivers spare processing power for customer specific enhancements and additional home networking functions.
