SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Device
Technology, Inc.® (IDT®) (NASDAQ: IDTI) today announced the launch
of what is planned to be a multi-year collaboration with 5G Lab
Germany on research related to 5G tactile networks, including the
application of IDT technology to enable network-connected
autonomous vehicles. The project extends the Dresden-based
lab's focus on combining 5G technologies with system-transforming
applications. The project's core technology is IDT's low-latency
RapidIO interconnect, used today for nearly every 4G telephone call
made globally, as well as for real-time sensor analysis in a
variety of aerospace and defense systems, applicable to autonomous
vehicles.
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IDT's RapidIO technology will be used to explore two key
elements of the network. First, the 100ns latency RapidIO switching
and interconnect technology will be used to realize 5G Lab
Germany's vision of transforming the vehicle into a connected
appliance by networking it with a 5G base station's "edge
computing" server. Second, it is planned for RapidIO technology to
be evaluated to connect multiple vehicle sensors in real time for
the mission-critical sensor fusion network essential for the
self-driving or computer-assisted driving experience. A
RapidIO-connected heterogeneous computer network will run real-time
analytics to assist various network devices, including
vehicles.
"With Germany's leadership in the global automotive industry,
our lab's focus on the tactile Internet of Things, and IDT's
low-latency interconnect and market-leading timing portfolio, the
key elements are in place to tackle the real-time mission-critical
challenges of platforms for the tactile Internet, including
autonomous vehicles," said Gerhard
Fettweis, 5G Lab chair and Vodafone chair professor for
Mobile Communications Systems. "With the 1 millisecond round trip
constraints in 5G deployments, we need low-latency computing
platforms for vehicles, base station and edge computing servers.
This project will explore connecting the requisite high-performance
computing nodes through the deployment of IDT RapidIO technology
and associated timing products."
The collaboration will build on IDT's recently announced RXS
family of 50 Gbps RapidIO products, as well as computing appliances
under development by IDT partners in the Open Compute Project's
(OCP) High-Performance Computing group. The OCP's projects support
heterogeneous computing between x86, ARM, Power Architecture, GPU
and FPGAs.
"Computing is moving where it needs to be--close to the end user
experience--and it has to happen in real time, which means it will
require low-latency interconnect with superior systems
synchronization," said Sailesh
Chittipeddi, IDT's chief technology officer and vice
president of global operations. "As the technical needs of
connected autonomous vehicles and 5G edge computing servers become
more clearly defined, it is becoming increasingly clear that
RapidIO technology—with more than 110 million ports shipped to the
wireless base station and aviation markets—will keep IDT in the
center of development for distributed computing with
multi-processor and sensor networks."
Chittipeddi also noted that, with the recent acquisition of
German company ZMDI, IDT enhanced its technology portfolio with
automotive and sensor platforms, which can play a crucial role for
autonomous vehicles and related 5G solutions.
Initial details of and advances from the joint collaboration are
expected to be presented at the International Supercomputing
Conference June 19-23 in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Mobile Edge
Computing Congress, Sep 21-22 in
Munich, Germany.
About IDT
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. develops system-level
solutions that optimize its customers' applications. IDT's
market-leading products in RF, timing, serial switching and
interfaces are among the company's broad array of complete
mixed-signal solutions for the communications, computing, consumer,
automotive and industrial segments. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., IDT has design,
manufacturing, sales facilities and distribution partners
throughout the world. IDT stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global
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