Sequans Communications Uses VeriSilicon's ZSP Core for WiMAX/LTE Products
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, February 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
-- ZSP Quad-MAC architecture provides a power efficient solution for WiMax/LTE markets
-- ZSP is the industry's leading programmer friendly DSP that enables fastest time to market
VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a leading world class ASIC design foundry and semiconductor IP provider, today announced that Sequans Communications, a leading 4G chipmaker, will be using the synthesizable Quad-MAC ZSP DSP core for its next generation mobile WiMAX and LTE baseband processors.
Sequans is a global leader in WiMAX chips and expanded in 2009 to the LTE chip market. Sequans selected the Quad-MAC ZSP core in 2005 to power its WiMAX chips and has been in successful volume production of WiMAX chips for several years.
"We are pleased that Sequans, an industry leader in WiMAX and LTE chips, has decided to work more closely with VeriSilicon and leverage our Quad-MAC ZSP core further to better serve the performance and power efficiency demands of Sequans' products in 4G markets," said Dr. Wayne Dai, CEO of VeriSilicon. "The Quad-MAC ZSP architecture offers the best balance of performance, power efficiency and cost to meet the needs of the most demanding applications. Ease of use and strong support are the cornerstones of our ZSP cores and we stand behind our customers to ensure their success."
The challenges presented by 4G demand increasingly high performance and energy efficient solutions. It is also very important to consider product flexibility and scalability when making design decisions.
"Sequans has relied on VeriSilicon's ZSP's scalable architecture for several years," said Bertrand Debray, vice president of engineering, Sequans. "We selected VeriSilicon's Dual-MAC ZSP cores and later Quad-MAC ZSP cores to power our mobile WiMAX and LTE chips. The ease of use and efficiency of the ZSP cores and the strong support provided by VeriSilicon continue to give us market advantages."
For more information on VeriSilicon, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com; or for further information on Sequans, visit http://www.sequans.com.
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