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Motorola Releases TD-SCDMA Software
Libraries for the MRC6011 Reconfigurable Compute Fabric (RCF)
Device
Libraries Designed to
Facilitate Rapid, Low-Risk Migration from 2G to 3G in the Chinese Wireless
Market
AUSTIN,
Texas - Nov. 17, 2003 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has released its first
TD-SCDMA module library for the MRC6011 Reconfigurable Compute Fabric (RCF)
device. This module enables infrastructure baseband modem processing for the
expanding wireless infrastructure market in China, which operates according to
the TD-SCDMA mobile radio standard. The MRC6011 provides wireless infrastructure
vendors with the flexibility and processing power needed to deliver base station
platforms for next-generation wireless networks. Motorola’s RCF library
code kernels for TD-SCDMA are designed to tackle the most complex processing
step of TD-SDCMA development—the joint detection uplink processing
task.
“Motorola’s RCF technology
and the TD-SCDMA standard complement each other well, as they are both designed
to handle highly intensive and asymmetric functions in a cost effective manner
with minor technical risks and smooth migration paths,” said Kaivan
Karimi, senior strategic marketing manager for Motorola’s RF and DSP
Infrastructure Division. “The TD-SCDMA libraries we’re announcing
are designed to enhance RCF by providing a cost-effective, standards-based
solution with low power and ASIC-like deterministic
performance.”
The TD-SCDMA libraries are
designed to enhance the MRC6011 RCF device’s ability to perform the
heavily matrix-oriented operations that power uplink and downlink chip rate
algorithms in TD-SCDMA. With these libraries, the same array can be reconfigured
to perform the sequence of matrix operations required for uplink joint detection
or downlink beamforming. In addition, the flexibility and the processing power
of the MRC6011 allow future algorithm enhancements without having to change
hardware, enabling speedy time to market and smooth and low-risk migration for
3G and emerging 4G standards.
Joint detection,
the process of canceling interference so that the data rates can push closer to
theoretical radio-signal support limits, is one of the crucial features of
TD-SCDMA that enables the standard to deliver increased capacity for the mobile
Internet. With the addition of Motorola’s TD-SCDMA libraries for the
MRC6011, a developer can use the same piece of silicon to perform multiple
simultaneous algorithmic operations needed for joint detection. Beyond joint
detection, the ability of the TD-SCDMA libraries to perform high-speed matrix
operations complements the processing array architecture of the MRC6011. Key
high-speed matrix operations include matrix-vector product, matrix
multiplication, Hermitian matrix linear solve, Hermitian matrix inverse, and
Fast Fourier Transform/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
(FFT/IFFT).
About the TD-SCDMA
Standard
The TD-SCDMA standard, jointly
developed by Siemens AG and the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
(CATT), provides a mobile radio standard for migration from 2G to 3G and is one
of five IMT-200 standards accepted by the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU).
About Reconfigurable Compute Fabric
(RCF) Technology
Motorola's RCF technology
includes advanced RCF and DSP components, along with the library modules and
development tools support required, to develop scalable and programmable
baseband processing systems that accommodate multiple standards, such as
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Code Division Multiple Access
2000 (CDMA2000), Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
(TD-SCDMA) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). RCF technology
supports system-level flexibility, a consistent design environment for the
entire baseband, and efficient C and assembly programming. In addition, the
technology is based on optimized processor-application mapping to help increase
capacity, deliver high performance and maintain low-power dissipation per
channel.
About the MRC6011
Device
The MRC6011 device is targeted at
emerging 3G standards including WCDMA, CDMA2000-1X, EDGE, and now, TD-SCDMA. It
is designed to provide the flexibility of a programmable DSP solution for
baseband processing while approaching the cost-effectiveness, low power
consumption and processing capability of a traditional application-specific
integrated circuit (ASIC)-based solution. The six-core MRC6011 device is
designed to deliver a peak performance of 24 (16 bits) giga multiply-accumulates
per second (GMACS). At 4-bit resolution, the device is capable of performing at
48 giga complex correlations per second. The MRC6011 combines six RCF cores into
a homogeneous compute node capable of operating at 250 MHz, with a 100 MHz
maximum operating frequency for off-core buses. Initial sampling of the MRC6011
is planned for the end of
2003.
Comprehensive Ecosystem
Support
Motorola’s RCF devices are
supported by a comprehensive ecosystem of development tools from third-party
vendors working through Motorola’s Smart Networks Alliance Program.
Metrowerks, a Motorola company, supports RCF devices with a range of development
solutions including the CodeWarrior Development Studio for StarCore DSP v2.5.
This version of CodeWarrior Development Studio allows designers to build and
deploy even the most sophisticated single-core or multicore DSP systems based on
the StarCore technology quickly and easily whether the application is wireless
baseband, IP telephony or
video.
Availability
Motorola’s
RCF TD-SCDMA library is planned to be available on December 15, 2003. Motorola
plans to deliver software libraries for WCDMA and CDMA-1X standards in the first
half of 2004*.
About Motorola,
Inc.
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global
leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions.
Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen
dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies
that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that
began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more
information, please visit: www.motorola.com
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