SoCs selected for use in government communications solutions

3rd March 2015

Siobhan O'Gorman

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Texas Instruments and LGS Innovations, a provider of advanced networking and communications solutions for the U.S. Government, have announced the collaboration on LGS Innovations’ next-generation of deployable communications and wireless solutions which are both fixed and portable. By leveraging the combined benefits of the capacity gains and reduced size and power from TI’s KeyStone-based SoCs, including the TCI6630K2L, LGS Innovations will be able to deliver manifold performance improvements in their next-gen tactical communications solutions, making them significantly differentiated from their competition.

Leveraging TI’s KeyStone SoCs along with the Multicore Software Development Kit and RF Software Development Kit (RFSDK), LGS Innovations can develop a complete system including features such as CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, 3G, 4G, WiMax and WiFi for government customers. TI’s wireless infrastructure SoCs leverage the fastest dual ARM Cortex-A15 processors and TI’s fixed- and floating-point TMS320C66x DSP cores. The RFSDK offers integrated RF control functions, which greatly enhance power efficiency.

“We are confident that adopting TI’s wireless infrastructure platform, TCI6630K2L, will be a game changer for the needs of the government’s mission critical communications requirements,” said Ted Fidder, CTO, Advanced Research and Technology, LGS Innovations. “By leveraging the programmability of TI’s KeyStone SoCs, we will be able to offer our solutions at a reduced time-to-market with unprecedented performance and flexibility.”

“We are excited to be collaborating with LGS Innovations on their next-generation of portable and fixed communications solutions,” commented Robert Ferguson, Marketing Director and Business Manager, Communications Processors, TI. “LGS Innovations is a leading provider of innovative products and solutions to government customers and has a reputation for solving the most complex challenges facing their customers, which is complemented by our KeyStone SoC.”