- PentaG-RAN addresses semiconductor industry design gap for
companies looking to enter the lucrative 5G Open RAN market
equipment with optimized ASIC solutions
- Groundbreaking platform architecture solves massive MIMO
compute challenges with complete L1 PHY solution, delivering up to
10X savings in power and area compared to available FPGA and COTS
CPU based alternatives
- CEVA's co-creation services also available to PentaG-RAN
customers for development of their entire PHY subsystem, and up to
complete chip design
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 21,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the
leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing
technologies and co-creation solutions, today introduced
PentaG-RAN™, the industry's first 5G baseband platform IP for ASICs
targeting cellular infrastructure in both base station and radio
configurations, including distributed units (DU), and Remote Radio
Units (RRU), from small cell to Massive Multiple-Input, Multiple
Output (mMIMO). This heterogeneous baseband compute platform has
been designed to significantly reduce the entry barriers for
companies wishing to break into the new market opportunities
available in Open RAN (O-RAN) equipment.
The burgeoning market for 5G base station and radio ASICs is
fueled by the digital transformation that continuously calls for
higher cellular bandwidth at lower latency. More recently, network
disaggregation driven by the Open RAN initiative and the drive for
mMIMO has gained the attention of silicon vendors worldwide to the
cellular infrastructure market opportunity. Global technology
intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts that shipments of 5G
outdoor mobile infrastructure equipment, including mMIMO radios,
O-RAN radios, small cells and virtual basebands is expected to grow
at a CAGR of 17% from 2022 to 2027, surpassing 23 million units
annually by 2027. The inability of the current platforms to scale
effectively to mMIMO dimensions or support new O-RAN use cases
where power and cost are significant factors has disrupted the
market and opens the door for new entrants.
With this in mind, PentaG-RAN provides a groundbreaking platform
for a complete L1 PHY (physical layer 1) solution with optimal
hardware/software partitioning, incorporating powerful vector DSPs,
PHY control DSPs, flexible 5G hardware accelerators and other
specialized components required for modem processing chains. It
delivers up to 10X savings in power and area compared to available
FPGA and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) CPU based alternatives. To
further reduce design risk and expediate ASIC design, CEVA's
co-creation services are available to PentaG-RAN customers for the
development of their entire PHY subsystem, and up to designing the
complete chip.
Guy Keshet, Vice President and
General Manager of the Mobile Broadband Business Unit at CEVA,
stated: "CEVA has been at the leading edge of DSP technology in
cellular infrastructure for the last decade, collaborating with
leading Tier-1 OEMs to deliver the most advanced DSP architectures
deployed in 5G RAN today. Our PentaG-RAN platform was formed out of
this extensive experience and brings the next level platform
solution to help drive the next generation of 5G chipsets for mMIMO
systems and new O-RAN use cases."
The PentaG-RAN platform addresses both base station and radio
compute configurations:
- Base station, supporting Macro DU/vDU and Small
Cell – offering a scalable compute platform for L1 inline
DU/vDU acceleration. This configuration handles the complete
acceleration of the main processing chains (data and control), for
both symbol-to-bit domains (including FEC) and frequency processing
(including FFT and equalization). Advanced algorithms including
channel estimation and MMSE calculation are mapped to the CEVA-XC
DSP for optimal processing and power efficiency. It includes a
powerful resource pool for accelerating COTS platforms and supports
high-PHY and low-PHY 7.2x split partitioning based on Open RAN
specifications.
- Radio, supporting Open RAN Low-PHY, Massive MIMO and
Beamformer – offering a scalable compute platform for
Massive MIMO beamforming processing on RRU side, including
Beamformer and Beamforming weight calculation. This configuration
offers unmatched compute and PPA efficiency, enabling customers
with a competitive path for cost reduction and integration options
with transceivers, compared to FPGA and other COTS solutions. It
supports a range of use-cases from Small Cell and Macro, to Massive
MIMO 32TR to 64TR and beyond, for both Sub-6 and mmWave and
supports O-RAN 7.2x splits.
To further expedite time-to-market for PentaG-RAN licensees, the
platform is supported by CEVA's new Virtual Platform Simulator
(VPS), a unified System-C modeling environment that allows
pre-silicon software development, solution dimensioning,
architecture proof-of-concept, and modeling of all platform
components. The VPS also includes reference software implementation
for main processing chains, as well as beamforming use cases.
Availability
PentaG-RAN will be available for general
licensing in the fourth quarter of this year. PentaG-RAN customers
can also benefit from SoC co-creation services by CEVA's Intrinsix
team to help integrate and support system design and modem
development. For further information, visit
https://www.ceva-dsp.com/product/ceva-pentag-ran/.
About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the leading licensor of
wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and
co-creation solutions for a smarter, safer, connected world. We
provide Digital Signal Processors, AI engines, wireless platforms,
cryptography cores and complementary software for sensor fusion,
image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial
intelligence. These technologies are offered in combination with
our Intrinsix IP integration services, helping our customers
address their most complex and time-critical integrated circuit
design projects. Leveraging our technologies and chip design
skills, many of the world's leading semiconductors, system
companies and OEMs create power-efficient, intelligent, secure and
connected devices for a range of end markets, including mobile,
consumer, automotive, robotics, industrial, aerospace & defense
and IoT.
Our DSP-based solutions include platforms for 5G baseband
processing in mobile, IoT and infrastructure, advanced imaging and
computer vision for any camera-enabled device, audio/voice/speech
and ultra-low-power always-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT
markets. For sensor fusion, our Hillcrest
Labs sensor processing technologies provide a broad range of
sensor fusion software and inertial measurement unit ("IMU")
solutions for markets including hearables, wearables, AR/VR, PC,
robotics, remote controls and IoT. For wireless IoT, our platforms
for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode), Wi-Fi 4/5/6
(802.11n/ac/ax), Ultra-wideband (UWB), NB-IoT and GNSS are the most
broadly licensed connectivity platforms in the industry.
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