Blue Wonder Communications to Develop LTE Baseband IP Using Multiple Optimized Tensilica Dataplane Processors

“New design approaches are needed to successfully implement the LTE and LTE Advanced standards,” stated Dr. Peter Meyer, managing director and head of development at Blue Wonder Communications “The traditional approach of using hardwired logic for the performance-intensive PHY layer datapath simply won’t work. Because LTE systems run at such high data rates, it would require millions of gates of logic developed with RTL methods – and that creates a huge verification hurdle. Using Tensilica’s automated processor creation tools we are able to quickly generate customized DPUs delivering the performance levels of custom hardware with the programmability of a processor.”

“Blue Wonder Communications, with its expertise in high-speed, low power mobile broadband modems, is slated to become a major player in LTE modem semiconductor IP licensing,” stated Mahesh Venkatraman, Tensilica’s vice president of marketing, vertical segments. ”Blue Wonder Communication’s design team fully realizes the benefits of customizing Tensilica’s DPUs to meet the requirements of LTE and LTE Advanced handset designs, with requirements for 20-to-150-times the efficiency on a much lower power budget than current 3G designs.”