Altair Semiconductor Launches World's Most Advanced Single-Mode LTE-A Chipset Family
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Posted on February 20, 2013 at 7:14:01 AM
Altair Semiconductor Launches World's Most Advanced Single-Mode LTE-A Chipset Family
New Product Line Built on Over 4 Years of Global Carrier and Customer Deployment Experience
HOD HASHARON, Israel, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Altair Semiconductor (http://www.altair-semi.com), the world's leading developer of
high performance, single-mode LTE chipsets, today announced the launch of a new family of
chipsets, which includes two new baseband processors - the FourGee(TM)-3800 and
FourGee(TM)-3802 - and a new radio chip - the FourGee(TM)-6300.
The new chipsets are built on the architecture of Altair's successful
FourGee-3100/6202, and boast enhanced features and increased performance, keeping pace
with the newest LTE standards.
Key features of the new chipset family include:
- Support for LTE Release-10 features
- Based on Altair's 3rd generation SDR architecture, software upgradable to
future Release-11
- Category 4 throughput 150 Mbps DL / 50 Mbps UL
- Support for Carrier Aggregation (CA)
- High performance 700MHz network processor subsystem
- Wide frequency band span of 400-3800MHz with 6 concurrent LTE bands for both
primary and diversity antennas, enabling global band combinations
- Integrated IMS/VoLTE with support for HD-Voice
- Incorporates Altair's proprietary interference cancellation (INCA(TM))
technology
- Incorporates Envelope Tracking (ET) technology
- Supports enhanced Inter-cell Interference Coordination (eICIC)
- Ultra low Active and Idle power consumption
- Rich set of host and peripheral interfaces to support a variety of
applications including smartphones, tablets, mobile hotspots, routers and M2M
"The industry is rapidly adopting single mode LTE as the de-facto technology for
implementing the 'Internet of Things', replacing 3G+4G functionality in devices with
4G-only capabilities," said Eran Eshed, Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Altair. "This
chipset is a real game changer in terms of performance, features and cost, enabling our
customers to continue launching highly differentiated products, while keeping pace with
the rapid evolution of the LTE industry."
Research by Analyst firm Wireless 20/20 shows an increasing trend towards the adoption
of single-mode LTE in consumer devices and M2M. "Unencumbered by the IPR, semiconductor
and BOM costs associated with 2G/3G technologies, single mode LTE chipsets are able to
reach price points not possible by 2G/3G/4G multi-mode solutions," said Haig Sarkissian of
Wireless 20/20. "This provides opportunities and incentives for service providers and
equipment vendors to embed LTE in devices otherwise not possible with multi-mode
solutions."
About Altair Semiconductor
Altair Semiconductor is the world's leading developer of high performance, single-mode
LTE semiconductors. Altair's chipsets can be found in approximately 50 end-user devices -
ranging from USB dongles to smartphones - built by its more than 20 customers across North
America, Europe, China, India and Taiwan - making it one of the only TDD/FDD LTE chipset
manufacturers in the world with commercially available products. Altair's comprehensive
product portfolio includes baseband processors, multi-band RF transceivers for both FDD
and TDD bands, and a range of reference hardware and product level protocol stack
software. Based on a novel, proprietary Software Defined Radio (SDR) processor, codenamed
"O[2]P(TM)", Altair's products are the smallest and most highly power optimized in the
industry, offering an unmatched combination of flexibility and performance. For more
information, visit the company's website at http://www.altair-semi.com. Follow Altair
on Twitter: @AltairSemi [http://twitter.com/AltairSemi ]
Media Contact:
Finn Partners Israel for Altair Semiconductor
Matthew Krieger
+972-544-676-950
matthew@finnpartners.co.il
Altair Semiconductor
New Product Line Built on Over 4 Years of Global Carrier and Customer Deployment Experience
HOD HASHARON, Israel, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Altair Semiconductor (http://www.altair-semi.com), the world's leading developer of
high performance, single-mode LTE chipsets, today announced the launch of a new family of
chipsets, which includes two new baseband processors - the FourGee(TM)-3800 and
FourGee(TM)-3802 - and a new radio chip - the FourGee(TM)-6300.
The new chipsets are built on the architecture of Altair's successful
FourGee-3100/6202, and boast enhanced features and increased performance, keeping pace
with the newest LTE standards.
Key features of the new chipset family include:
- Support for LTE Release-10 features
- Based on Altair's 3rd generation SDR architecture, software upgradable to
future Release-11
- Category 4 throughput 150 Mbps DL / 50 Mbps UL
- Support for Carrier Aggregation (CA)
- High performance 700MHz network processor subsystem
- Wide frequency band span of 400-3800MHz with 6 concurrent LTE bands for both
primary and diversity antennas, enabling global band combinations
- Integrated IMS/VoLTE with support for HD-Voice
- Incorporates Altair's proprietary interference cancellation (INCA(TM))
technology
- Incorporates Envelope Tracking (ET) technology
- Supports enhanced Inter-cell Interference Coordination (eICIC)
- Ultra low Active and Idle power consumption
- Rich set of host and peripheral interfaces to support a variety of
applications including smartphones, tablets, mobile hotspots, routers and M2M
"The industry is rapidly adopting single mode LTE as the de-facto technology for
implementing the 'Internet of Things', replacing 3G+4G functionality in devices with
4G-only capabilities," said Eran Eshed, Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Altair. "This
chipset is a real game changer in terms of performance, features and cost, enabling our
customers to continue launching highly differentiated products, while keeping pace with
the rapid evolution of the LTE industry."
Research by Analyst firm Wireless 20/20 shows an increasing trend towards the adoption
of single-mode LTE in consumer devices and M2M. "Unencumbered by the IPR, semiconductor
and BOM costs associated with 2G/3G technologies, single mode LTE chipsets are able to
reach price points not possible by 2G/3G/4G multi-mode solutions," said Haig Sarkissian of
Wireless 20/20. "This provides opportunities and incentives for service providers and
equipment vendors to embed LTE in devices otherwise not possible with multi-mode
solutions."
About Altair Semiconductor
Altair Semiconductor is the world's leading developer of high performance, single-mode
LTE semiconductors. Altair's chipsets can be found in approximately 50 end-user devices -
ranging from USB dongles to smartphones - built by its more than 20 customers across North
America, Europe, China, India and Taiwan - making it one of the only TDD/FDD LTE chipset
manufacturers in the world with commercially available products. Altair's comprehensive
product portfolio includes baseband processors, multi-band RF transceivers for both FDD
and TDD bands, and a range of reference hardware and product level protocol stack
software. Based on a novel, proprietary Software Defined Radio (SDR) processor, codenamed
"O[2]P(TM)", Altair's products are the smallest and most highly power optimized in the
industry, offering an unmatched combination of flexibility and performance. For more
information, visit the company's website at http://www.altair-semi.com. Follow Altair
on Twitter: @AltairSemi [http://twitter.com/AltairSemi ]
Media Contact:
Finn Partners Israel for Altair Semiconductor
Matthew Krieger
+972-544-676-950
matthew@finnpartners.co.il
Altair Semiconductor