Processor
ARM boosted startup with Belgian DSP
The EE Times has a nice article on Cognovo.
In November 2009, shortly after ARM (Cambridge, England) said it would close its DSP development operation in Heverlee, Belgium, Cognovo took on approximately half ARM’s Belgian contigent, according to a local report. In addition, ARM provided the vector signal processing IP developed there [...]
Multimode vector radio dismantles barriers to SDR software portability
My friends at Sigmatix and Octoscope have a nice follow-on EE Times article about Vector SDRs. The original article (mentioning Sandbridge) is here.
As an excerpt: To ensure the cost reduction of SDR platforms via economies of scale, software portability across processors must be achieved. The new generation of SDR, called multimode vector radio (MVR), offers that [...]
Octasic Announces Second Generation DSP Core For Cutting-Edge Wireless and Media Gateway Applications
Octasic provides Opus2 DSP Core Development Environment for evaluation by 3G/4G wireless product designers…
MONTREAL, Canada – February 8, 2010 – Octasic Inc., a leading innovator of media processing and wireless solutions, today announced its second generation Opus2 DSP core, a high-performance, ultra-low power, asynchronous DSP architecture optimized for baseband processing and multimedia transcoding. To facilitate [...]
Renesas : Development systems allows re-configurable communication
ASOCS and Renesas Technology Europe today announced availability of a GSM/GPRS/EDGE communication development system (CDS). Comprising of an ASOCS MP100 MultiComms processor and a Renesas Technology DRACO3 RF subsystem, the development system allows handset designers to rapidly prototype combined cellular and Internet products.