Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately held, U.K.-based Picochip Limited. Picochip is the leading supplier of integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for small cell base stations.

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. today announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based Picochip Limited for a purchase price of approximately $51.8 million, plus a potential earnout payment of up to $25 million payable in the first calendar quarter of 2013.

Picochip has launched its next generation of public access and enterprise silicon. The new devices are the PC3024 for enterprise use and the PC3032 for metro and rural small cells. These are the latest members of Picochip’s market leading family of small cell System-on-Chip (SoC) products, and build on the success of the PC323 and PC33 - the latter being the first SoC on the market for the new breed of ‘small cell’ and ‘metro cell’ bas...

Aricent and Picochip has announced the launch of a joint LTE eNodeB reference framework (eNBF). The carrier-class product is a complete solution design, from RF interface through to S1 and X2 interfaces and includes Aricent base station software stacks integrated with Picochip baseband and silicon. Rigorously tested for functionality and performance, the base station solution is designed to help telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) deliver high...

At China Femtocell Symposium 2011, Picochip announces that it now has a total of seven TD-SCDMA customers and now offers a complete TD-portfolio for the China ‘small cell’ market. Picochip is the leader in ‘small cell’ and femtocell technology, supporting products from low-cost residential femtocells to high-performing ‘carrier class’ technology for picocells, metro-femto and rural femtocells. Picochip supports WCDMA and LTE FDD as we...

Picochip and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) has announced that they have successfully completed the design and validation of the PC8609, the industry’s first commercial-grade LTE FDD femtocell physical layer software. The PC8609 software is now generally available (GA) to Picochip’s customers around the world.

Policy-aware access point combines Wi-Fi and Femto for managed data offload - Picochip and InterDigital are collaborating on delivering advanced broadband traffic management solutions across cellular femtocells with embedded Wi-Fi access. During the Femtocells World Summit 2011 in London both companies successfully demonstrated how InterDigital’s converged gateway technology, integrated on Picochip’s 3G femtocell with Wi-Fi, delivers novel o...

Picochip has been chosen to supply the technology for the second wave of femtocell access points from Contela, used by Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) for data offload. Building on the success of Contela’s first-generation data-only product, also based on Picochip technology, the new 2FA combines a 16-user ‘dual-carrier’ HSPA+ femtocell with Wi-Fi in an integrated access point. SKT will deploy the 2FA in high-traffic areas such as cafés, shoppi...

Picochip today announced the first in its next generation of picoXcell™ femtocell chips, the PC3008. The new device is optimized for high-volume cost-sensitive consumer applications and maintains Picochip’s leadership in this market as carrier deployments are accelerating.

Picochip has announced that its picoArray(tm) technology has been selected to implement LTE and other wireless processing in Airspan’s new multi-standard ‘small cell’ basestation, the AirSynergy. Designed to deliver high-performance data capacity to densely populated urban hotspots, AirSynergy is easy to deploy in metropolitan areas on buildings, strand-mounted from utility poles or on lamp posts.

Picochip has announced that it has commenced volume production of the PC333, the industry’s most advanced basestation-on-a-chip solution. The PC333 is the only SoC currently available for the new breed of ‘small cell’ and ‘metro cell’ basestations, which are re-defining the fundamental architecture of mobile networks

Picochip has announced that it has commenced volume production of the PC333, the industry’s most advanced basestation-on-a-chip solution. The PC333 is the only SoC currently available for the new breed of ‘small cell’ and ‘metro cell’ basestations, which are re-defining the fundamental architecture of mobile networks.

At Mobile World Congress 2011 Picochip demonstrated its small-cell industry leadership by showing 25 customer products based on picoXcell and picoArray technology. These included a number of products for residential and enterprise use, Airspan’s new Airsynergy LTE picocell, and metropolitan femtocells from Alcatel Lucent and BelAir Systems. There were also operator branded products, including a DataCell used by Korea’s SK Telecom for capacity...

Picochip has today announced that its picoArray technology has been selected to implement LTE and other wireless processing in Airspan’s new multi-standard ‘small cell’ basestation, the AirSynergy. Designed to deliver high-performance data capacity to densely populated urban hotspots, AirSynergy is easy to deploy in metropolitan areas on buildings, strand-mounted from utility poles or on lamp posts.

Picochip today announced the first in its next generation of picoXcell femtocell chips, the PC3008. The new device is optimized for high-volume cost-sensitive consumer applications and maintains Picochip’s leadership in this market as carrier deployments are accelerating.

Picochip today unveiled the world’s first public demonstration of a commercial LTE femtocell eNodeB basestation working with terminals. The end-to-end system will be demonstrated at Picochip’s stand (D56 in Hall 1) at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Picochip’s PC960x is the only LTE basestation specifically designed for cost-effective ‘small cells’, and combines the company’s field-proven OFDMA expertise with its hig...

Picochip announces that it has participated in the second plugfest, which focused on femtocell management. The event was run by the Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide. The series of plugfests aim to cultivate an effective ecosystem of standardised femtocells which provide operators and consumers with a wider choice of femtocell products, while also facilitating economies of ...

Picochip today unveiled its vision for next-generation femtocells, including picoXcell technology that will allow its customers to create an entire 3G cellular basestation in an ultra-small form factor such as a USB dongle. The concept of a basestation on a USB dongle is one of several Picochip developments in the spotlight at CES 2011, (Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan 6 – 9). Others include enabling technology for small form factor public acc...

Building on its market leadership in residential femtocells, Picochip is extending its technology into the more traditional part of the public network, adding support for Iub network architectures to its recently-launched picoXcell(tm) PC333 HSPA+ device, and announcing plans for an optimized dual-mode LTE/HSPA+ basestation.

Picochip and Wavesat announced today that they have successfully completed interoperability testing (IOT) between Picochip’s PC960x LTE small cell basestation solution and Wavesat’s Odyssey 9000 family of UE chipsets. Completing this series of LTE service and IOT milestones represents success in the two companies’ jointly stated aim of delivering full performance with end-to-end interoperability.