picoChip unveils Chinese developed femtocell reference design

TD-SCDMA, the third major 3G standard, is expected to launch in the Olympic cities this summer. Yang Hua, secretary general of TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, said: “Femtocells are an important part of the TD-SCDMA ecosystem and an essential part of operator strategy, particularly as we evolve to TD-SCDMA LTE. picoChip's achievement significantly pushes the TD-SCDMA industry forward.” With this introduction, picoChip now supports all three 3G standards families: WCDMA (HSPA) through the picoChip PC8208/8209, cdma2000 via GWT partnership, and now TD-SCDMA with the PC8808. picoChip also supports WiMAX Waves 1 and 2 with its PC6530 and PC6532 single chip reference designs respectively. The PC8808 TD-SCDMA femtocell reference design supports HSDPA and is the industry’s lowest cost complete solution. The picoChip single-chip platform can integrate both Node B and protocol stack, and can easily integrate back into the core network using a number of different architectures including SIP, UMA or Iu. “This is the first product to be wholly developed locally at our Beijing Design Centre,” said Guillaume d'Eyssautier, president and CEO picoChip. “It follows hot on the heels of the recent partnership announcement with Xinwei for the implementation of its McWILL network, to be deployed for the Olympics. We aim to continue this momentum as we further support Chinese wireless development.”