CEVA, licensor of silicon intellectual property and DSP cores, and semiconductor supplier Mindspeed Technologies are collaborating to bring software-defined radio (SDR) technology to Long-Term Evolution (LTE) infrastructure equipment. Mindspeed chooses the CEVA-XC323 communication processor to improve the performance and flexibility of its Transcede 4G wireless baseband solutions. Current Transcede 3G/4G systems employ the CEVA-X1641 DSP as an alternative to incumbent infrastructure very long instruction word (VLIW) DSPs. Upgrading to the CEVA-XC323 DSP enables Transcede users to exploit software-defined radio (SDR) technologies for improving performance, flexibility, and time-to-market for their designs while maintaining compatibility with previous Transcede designs. The device is scalable to support a range of cellular components including femtocells, picocells, microcells, and macrocells. Its architecture supports legacy and next-generation wireless standards, i.e., WCDMA, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, and LTE-A. Additionally, the core supports wireless infrastructure control plane processing, typically handled by separate processors. For more details on Transcede systems, visit www.mindspeed.com/web/download/download.jsp?docId=51963. For data surrounding the CEVA-XC323, go to www.ceva-dsp.com/products/cores/ceva-xc323.php.

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