Marvell announced the launch of the Marvell PXA1801
single-chip LTE world modem. The PXA1801 single-chip LTE world modem combines
Marvell’s communications and silicon expertise to enable the design of a wide
array of high-performance, low-power Internet-connected devices including:
smartphones, tablets, laptops, automotive, set-top-boxes and TVs.
The PXA1801 combines 3GPP R9 Cat 4 FDD-LTE (Frequency
Division Duplexing Long Term Evolution) and TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing
Long Term Evolution) with R8 DC-HSPA+ (Dual Carrier Evolved High-Speed Packet
Access) for both WB-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) and TD-SCDMA
(Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) standards and EDGE
(Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) delivering the highest data rate
available in any given geography.
“The world modem is another game-changing
breakthrough from Marvell. As a leader in China’s 3G standard TD-SCDMA
technology, Marvell has enabled the delivery of a wide array of affordable,
advanced consumer devices – including smartphones, tablets and mobile hot spot
devices – to China, the world’s largest mobile market. Building on that
foundation, Marvell is now leading the way to a new era of seamless global
connectivity for the masses with the industry’s first single chip 2G/3G/4G
modem with support for FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, and EDGE,” said
Weili Dai, co-founder, Marvell.
“I envision a time soon when a truly affordable
global communications network helps to bring our world closer as consumers from
every walk of life enjoy uninterrupted access to all services, applications and
the worldwide cloud from any device they choose anywhere they roam. I am
proud of Marvell’s global team of engineers for their pioneering work and I am
excited by all the potential applications our customers will have to use this
versatile and affordable new technology to make the world a better place for everyone,”
Dai added.
Marvell’s
solution is designed to deliver superior technical performance and extreme
flexibility at a much lower cost of implementation, which is the key to mass adoption
of this new standard on a global basis.
Widespread implementation of the world modem should both
alleviate today’s overly strained 3G networks and bring unprecedented service
to a potential market of more than two billion new consumers.
As 3G will continue to play a prominent role in data
communications for the next several years, Marvell has integrated advanced R8
WCDMA HSPA+ (42 Mbps DL) and R8 TD-SCDMA HSPA+ (8.4 Mbps DL) capability
ensuring that consumers have the highest performance access to their data
regardless of infrastructure availability in any one location.
Additionally, as LTE plays a major role in allowing the
cellular infrastructure to scale and meet the growing demands for streaming
video and data traffic, Marvell’s advanced LTE technology is designed to
support the highest levels of performance available in the industry today with
Category 4 throughputs of 150 Mbps DL (Down Link).
Through its support of release 9 features, such as dual
layer beamforming, Marvell LTE substantially enhances signal reception as seen
by the users. Supporting all channel bandwidths, including
FDD-LTE/TDD-LTE configurations, SISO and MIMO operation, Marvell’s LTE
technology is designed to provide the flexibility required to meet the
worldwide needs of the growing mobile data market.
Marvell recently announced
that Huawei’s new T8300 ultra-thin smartphone, powered by Marvell’s industry’s
first commercially available TD-SCDMA single chip solution, has passed China
Mobile’s testing requirements and has shipped to its stores throughout China.
The Huawei T8300 measures 11.2 millimeters thick with
Marvell PXA918 processor and is one of the six new smartphones selected by
China Mobile in its first round of procurement this year.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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