ASOCS and ARM Announce Cloud RAN Reference Design at ARM TechCon
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Posted on October 28, 2013 at 7:14:01 AM
ASOCS and ARM Announce Cloud RAN Reference Design at ARM TechCon
SANTA CLARA, California, and ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, October 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
ASOCS Ltd [http://www.asocstech.com ], a silicon IP provider of software-defined radio
(SDR) solutions, and ARM [http://www.arm.com/index.php ](R), the world's leading
semiconductor IP supplier (LSE: ARM; NASDAQ: ARMH), today announced a comprehensive
reference design for next-generation mobile infrastructure equipment. The design is based
on ARM Cortex(R)-A57 processors - ARM's highest performing processor, designed for mobile
and enterprise computing applications - and ASOCS's Modem Processing Unit (MPU), a
real-time, reconfigurable platform that allows for the implementation of a wide variety of
communication standards.
As a result of this joint reference design, communication chip makers are now able to
develop custom chips for all types of base stations, from small cells up to Cloud Radio
Access Networks (Cloud RANs), on ARM processors coupled with ASOCS' MPUs.
The solution will offer a commercially viable topology for Cloud RAN, significantly
decreasing cost and power compared to existing approaches and solutions.
"Cloud RAN provides significant capital and operational savings for operators by
virtualizing baseband processing onto data centers, yet general-purpose microprocessors
are impractical for handling the very high data rates required of 4G systems and beyond,"
said Gilad Garon, CEO, ASOCS. "Solutions based on the ARM/ASOCS reference design will
provide silicon designers a highly cost competitive solution while strictly maintaining
the full physical layer resources virtualization, while offering the programmability and
upgradability of large scale Cloud RAN systems."
"Service providers want to deploy robust Cloud RAN solutions without spending time
tackling concerns about underlying hardware and services," said Ian Ferguson, vice
president, Segment Marketing, ARM. "The combination of the ARM Cortex-A57 processor with
ASOCS's modem processor units delivers a high-performance and cost-effective Cloud RAN
solution, which will significantly improve the power-efficiency of Cloud RAN networking
equipment."
ASOCS' Chief Architect, Barak Ullman, will present a paper entitled, "The ARM Cloud
RAN Architecture" at ARM TechCon 2013 [http://www.armtechcon.com ], which runs from
October 29 - 31, 2013, in the Santa Clara Convention Center.
About ASOCS
ASOCS develops and licenses software-defined modems for mobile, wireless and broadband
communications based on its heterogeneous Modem Processing Unit (MPU) and silicon IP,
ModemX(R), designed to meet current and future modem requirements. ASOCS enables the
highest possible capacity baseband unit for the Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) as well
as other wireless infrastructure cells, from small to macro and beyond. ASOCS' Modem
Programming Language (MPL) is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform
programming of the physical layers for a wide variety of communication standards. ASOCS'
MPL enables fast, easy development of physical layer solutions, greatly improving total
cost of ownership (TCO) using standard C-language programming and function libraries. For
more information, visit http://www.asocstech.com.
ModemX and CR2100 are registered trademarks of ASOCS. Other names mentioned are owned
by their respective holders. This news release contains forward-looking statements as
defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbors
created therein.
Media Contact:
Karen Quatromoni
Rainier Communications
kquatromoni@rainierco.com
(O)+1-508-475-0025 x150
(M)+1-978-855-0412
ASOCS Ltd and ARM
SANTA CLARA, California, and ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, October 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
ASOCS Ltd [http://www.asocstech.com ], a silicon IP provider of software-defined radio
(SDR) solutions, and ARM [http://www.arm.com/index.php ](R), the world's leading
semiconductor IP supplier (LSE: ARM; NASDAQ: ARMH), today announced a comprehensive
reference design for next-generation mobile infrastructure equipment. The design is based
on ARM Cortex(R)-A57 processors - ARM's highest performing processor, designed for mobile
and enterprise computing applications - and ASOCS's Modem Processing Unit (MPU), a
real-time, reconfigurable platform that allows for the implementation of a wide variety of
communication standards.
As a result of this joint reference design, communication chip makers are now able to
develop custom chips for all types of base stations, from small cells up to Cloud Radio
Access Networks (Cloud RANs), on ARM processors coupled with ASOCS' MPUs.
The solution will offer a commercially viable topology for Cloud RAN, significantly
decreasing cost and power compared to existing approaches and solutions.
"Cloud RAN provides significant capital and operational savings for operators by
virtualizing baseband processing onto data centers, yet general-purpose microprocessors
are impractical for handling the very high data rates required of 4G systems and beyond,"
said Gilad Garon, CEO, ASOCS. "Solutions based on the ARM/ASOCS reference design will
provide silicon designers a highly cost competitive solution while strictly maintaining
the full physical layer resources virtualization, while offering the programmability and
upgradability of large scale Cloud RAN systems."
"Service providers want to deploy robust Cloud RAN solutions without spending time
tackling concerns about underlying hardware and services," said Ian Ferguson, vice
president, Segment Marketing, ARM. "The combination of the ARM Cortex-A57 processor with
ASOCS's modem processor units delivers a high-performance and cost-effective Cloud RAN
solution, which will significantly improve the power-efficiency of Cloud RAN networking
equipment."
ASOCS' Chief Architect, Barak Ullman, will present a paper entitled, "The ARM Cloud
RAN Architecture" at ARM TechCon 2013 [http://www.armtechcon.com ], which runs from
October 29 - 31, 2013, in the Santa Clara Convention Center.
About ASOCS
ASOCS develops and licenses software-defined modems for mobile, wireless and broadband
communications based on its heterogeneous Modem Processing Unit (MPU) and silicon IP,
ModemX(R), designed to meet current and future modem requirements. ASOCS enables the
highest possible capacity baseband unit for the Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) as well
as other wireless infrastructure cells, from small to macro and beyond. ASOCS' Modem
Programming Language (MPL) is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform
programming of the physical layers for a wide variety of communication standards. ASOCS'
MPL enables fast, easy development of physical layer solutions, greatly improving total
cost of ownership (TCO) using standard C-language programming and function libraries. For
more information, visit http://www.asocstech.com.
ModemX and CR2100 are registered trademarks of ASOCS. Other names mentioned are owned
by their respective holders. This news release contains forward-looking statements as
defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbors
created therein.
Media Contact:
Karen Quatromoni
Rainier Communications
kquatromoni@rainierco.com
(O)+1-508-475-0025 x150
(M)+1-978-855-0412
ASOCS Ltd and ARM