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Market Overview
The demand for wireless connectivity in notebooks, PC peripherals, mobile handsets and consumer electronics applications is driving the development of integrated wireless SoC solutions that implement a variety of wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFI, Wireless USB, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), WiMax, GPS and Mobile TV.
The market is seeing emerging trends such as single chip solutions that integrate the baseband and RF. Furthermore, there is a growing adoption to implement a combination of wireless standards such as Bluetooth plus GPS, Bluetooth plus, WiFi, and WiMax plus WiFi into mobile handset solutions. As these SoCs become more complex, designers are relying on reusable IP to help speed the development process and bring differentiated products to the market faster.
DesignWare IP for Wireless
Synopsys provides designers with a broad portfolio of silicon-proven IP to help designers develop advanced integrated circuits for wireless applications. The complete, high quality DesignWare IP solutions consisting of digital controllers, mixed-signal PHYs and verification IP implements low power features, which helps extends the battery life of wireless devices.
IP Highlights
- Offers advanced power control capabilities to maximize battery life including Link Power Management, leakage control and block-level sleep mode
- Supports leading process technologies from 130-nm to advanced 40-nm processes
- Broad IP portfolio for wireless applications including USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, Embedded Memories, AMBA on-chip bus and Datapath IP
- Silicon proven, shipping in volume
Example of a typical Wireless SoC subsystem with DesignWare IP
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Applications
- Bluetooth
- WiFi 802.11
- Ultra-Wideband/Wireless USB
- WiMax
- Mobile TV
- GPS
- Near Field Communications (NFC)
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