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picoChip is a platinum sponsor at Femtocells USA 2008, which is taking place December 01 – 03 in Dallas. This event will explore the results of trials relating to consumer trends, technology and service applications.
In addition to demonstrations of our WiMAX and WCDMA femtocell reference designs, we will be taking an active part in the conference. Vicki Griffiths, picoChip Product Manager, Cellular Applications, will be speaking on ‘Femtocells: The Heart of 4G Networks’.
picoChip is a gold sponsor of NGN & Basestations USA, a co-located event being held December 03 - 05. At this event Vicki will be presenting on 'Femtocells: the Vision, the Heart, the Future'.
and femtocell reference designs
picoChip this week disclosed further details of the industry’s first complete LTE basestation reference designs. The PC8618 picocell and PC8608 femtocell platforms, respectively designed in conjunction with picoChip’s development and research partners, mimoOn and ASTRI, will enable high capacity wireless networks for enterprise, metropolitan, “hot-zone”, home and rural demands. The two designs run on picoChip’s established PC203 processor and will support both FDD (frequency division duplex) and TDD (time division duplex) modes within LTE.
picoChip has announced three “sniffer” or radio environment scanner (RES) reference designs that provide the fundamental measurement and reporting information needed for basestations to implement self-organizing network (SON) principles. The PC8210, PC8211 and PC8810 RESs enable femtocells to detect WCDMA, GSM and TD-SCDMA networks respectively, and will allow network operators to deliver services based on a combination of 2G, 3G and LTE infrastructure. Such network listen capabilities are essential to automate the tasks of cell planning, synchronization and handover within networks.
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picoChip is offering a number of kitted demo or "femtocell-in-a-box" products that enable OEMs, operators, research laboratories and software vendors to develop and test WiMAX, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA products. Available as laboratory standard products in ruggedized metal chassis, or as configurable demo kits, they integrate baseband software, demonstration radio, gateway and core network functionality, terminals, PC-based software and Linux board support packages.
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picoChip has revealed Digimoc, a leading Chinese solution provider of femtocells, as its first publicly disclosed TD-SCDMA customer. Digimoc is using picoChip's PC202 device and PHY software reference design in its femtocell product. The Digimoc / picoChip technology partnership further highlights picoChip’s commitment to the Chinese market. The company’s TD-SCDMA reference design was developed in China at its Beijing design center.
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picoChip’s training courses allow engineers, scientists, designers and academics to learn about multi-core DSP, software defined radio and current wireless standards. As well as gaining skills and knowledge about how to design with and program the powerful picoArray processors, attendees can choose to learn about the latest developments in WiMAX and WCDMA PHY and MAC implementation. Discounts are available for non-commercial organizations (including Universities and Colleges) and for those booking several places on the same open course.
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picoChip’s C compiler has been accepted as an official port for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The compiler is part of a suite of tools developed to support picoChip’s multi-core picoArray devices. picoChip’s port is the first to achieve acceptance in nearly two years; and the first that has been designed as part of a suite of tools for realizing massively multi-core systems. In total, compilers from just eight companies have joined the list since 2002.
In addition to providing further details on its upcoming LTE products (see above), at the LTE World Summit in London this week picoChip showcased its industry-first LTE reference design, created in collaboration with mimoOn. picoChip’s solution, built on a common platform with its market-leading WiMAX solutions, is uniquely scalable from single-chip Home eNodeBs (femtocells) to large multi-cellular carrier macrocells. And at the conference, Dr Doug Pulley, picoChip's co-founder and CTO, explained why femtocell solutions are likely to be more important than ever for LTE networks.
picoChip Makes Deloitte Technology UK Fast 50 List
picoChip announced that it ranked number three in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. picoChip grew 4483 percent during this period. Guillaume d'Eyssautier, picoChip's president and CEO, credits the emergence and the establishment of the femtocell market with the company's 4483 percent revenue growth over the past five years.
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See picoChip on booth 1D56
picoChip would welcome the opportunity to meet with you at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 16 – 19 February 2009.
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Femto forum
Plenary Meeting, Dallas 03 - 05 December
The Femto Forum is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 2007 to promote femtocell deployment worldwide.
picoChip is a founder member and is on the Board of Directors.
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