Multi standard terminals
- Reconfigurable chips for broadcast and broadband communication, supporting DVB-T and DVB-H standards, with readiness to to support WiFi, T-DMB and WiMax as markets evolve.
At a moderate cost
- Reconfigurable also mean re-usable hardware: the extra cost of supporting one more standard is far below the cost of a new stand-alone solution.
In a small and stylish terminal
- Small footprint solution: single chip, with a ‘chip scale’ package, and few external components.
- The footprint of a reconfigurable system is moderately dependant on the number of supported standards.
- Low power solutions need smaller batteries
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Why is it important?
- The standards that we address are all based on OFDM techniques; with a DSP core featuring the right instruction set, it is relatively straightforward to program it for the desired standard. But these standards are nevertheless different, and each of them requires a few specific ‘hardware accelerators’ - the ultimate dedicated instructions - to meet the power consumption objectives.
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