Imagination's MIPS CPUs Power Sequans' Newest Colibri and Calliope LTE Chipset Platforms for IoT and M2M
March 02 2015 - 2:00AM
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Imagination Technologies
(IMG.L) announces that its MIPS CPU IP cores continue to gain
traction in LTE devices through the latest designs from 4G
chipmaker Sequans Communications. MIPS CPUs are at the heart of
Sequans' new Colibri and Calliope platforms for the LTE-enabled
Internet of Things (IoT). In addition, Sequans' chipsets and
modules with MIPS inside are finding their way into an increasing
number of end products.
Recent Sequans wins include the following new products, all
certified for the Verizon Wireless network:
- Verizon Ellipsis Jetpack MHS800L, an ultra-compact mobile
hotspot that allows users to connect up to eight Wi-Fi devices to
the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network
- BestBuy Insignia Flex LTE 8" Android tablet, the first 4G LTE
tablet in Best Buy's Insignia product line
- MSI (Micro-Star International) S100 Note LTE (model ND12), a
2-in-1 LTE tablet and keyboard
- D-Link eMBMS TV Dongle, a consumer LTE broadcast dongle that
enables users to receive high definition video content over LTE
eMBMS, for display on their TV screens
Says Craig Miller, VP worldwide marketing, Sequans: "We use MIPS
in many of our LTE chipset platforms. With significant
differentiators like hardware multi-threading, MIPS enables Sequans
to provide a range of LTE solutions, from the world's first Cat 1
Calliope platform for IoT, to our highest performing Cassiopeia Cat
6 LTE-Advanced platform. As LTE finds its way into a huge range of
new types of devices, companies are looking to Sequans'
pre-integrated, pre-tested, and pre-certified MIPS-based LTE
platforms and modules to significantly reduce development risk and
time."
Says Tony King-Smith, EVP marketing, Imagination: "We're proud
of our long-standing collaboration with Sequans in LTE. Using
unique MIPS features such as hardware multi-threading has helped
Sequans create innovative platforms that are gaining traction in
the market, illustrating the competitive advantages of the MIPS
architecture. With its new Calliope and Colibri IoT platforms, as
well as its other chipsets and modules, Sequans is driving our
high-performance, power-efficient MIPS CPUs into an exciting new
generation of LTE solutions."
Sequans uses a range of MIPS CPUs across its existing product
line. Sequans' StreamliteLTE and StreamrichLTE chipset solutions
all use MIPS CPUs running Sequans' carrier-proven LTE protocol
stack:
- Calliope Platform: this newest member of Sequans' StreamliteLTE
family of chipset solutions is optimized for low cost and low
power, and is designed for LTE Category 1 (10 Mbps downlink)
devices such as wearables and other IoT and M2M products.
- Colibri Platform: also a member of Sequans' StreamliteLTE
family, this platform is designed for Category 4 (150 Mbps
downlink) M2M and IoT devices such as modules, routers and tablets,
and is already being designed into modules such as a newly
announced all-in-one, single-mode LTE chip solution from Universal
Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., (USI).
- Cassiopeia Platform: this LTE-Advanced platform, which supports
Category 6 throughput and flexible dual carrier aggregation, is a
member of Sequans' StreamrichLTE product family designed for
feature-rich, high-performance LTE mobile devices such as tablets
and mobile routers, and for PCs and residential gateways through
add-on datacards.
In addition, Sequans leverages MIPS CPUs in its EZLinkLTE family
of all-in-one LTE connectivity modules, which are designed to
significantly reduce development cost and time by giving device
makers plug-and-play LTE connectivity solutions. This includes the
VZ20Q for consumer electronics and M2M devices, the VZ20M for
notebooks, laptops, tablets and other portable computers, and the
VZ21M for designs with GPS capability – all of which are certified
by Verizon.
About Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS) is a 4G chipmaker and
leading provider of single-mode LTE chipset solutions to wireless
device manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 2003, Sequans has
developed and delivered six generations of 4G technology and its
chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks, both LTE and
WiMAX, around the world. Today, Sequans offers two LTE product
lines: StreamrichLTE™, optimized for feature-rich mobile computing
and home/portable router devices, and StreamliteLTE™, optimized for
M2M devices and other connected devices for the Internet of Things.
Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the
United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at
www.sequans.com; www.facebook.com/sequans;
www.twitter.com/sequans
About Imagination Technologies
Imagination is a global technology leader whose products touch
the lives of billions of people across the globe. The company's
broad range of silicon IP (intellectual property) includes the key
processing blocks needed to create the SoCs (Systems on Chips) that
power all mobile, consumer and embedded electronics. Its unique
software IP, infrastructure technologies and system solutions
enable its customers get to market quickly with complete and highly
differentiated SoC platforms. Imagination's licensees include many
of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, network
operators and OEMs/ODMs who are creating some of the world's most
iconic products. See: www.imgtec.com.
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