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Green radio IP blocks
Imec’s programmable baseband platform is ready to support next generations of mobile devices featuring standards such as 802.11n, 802.16e, and mobile TV. It is also forward compatible with the upcoming 3GPP-LTE communication standard.
The heterogeneous multi-processor system-on-chip (MPSOC) baseband platform achieves both functional flexibility and energy efficiency through opportunistic partitioning. The platform features a DFE (digital baseband front-end) implementing the packet detection. This DFE includes a synchronization processor, which is a dedicated ASIP programmable in assembly. The remainder of the platform, which is heavily duty cycled, consists of two baseband processors for data processing and an ARM926 for event-based control flow, inter-core data transfer, and MAC. For the baseband processor, two optimized instantiations of imec’s ADRES core are included.