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GCT Adds Single-Chip Solution to WiMAX Portfolio and Embedded Win at ASUS
GCT Semiconductor announces 3.5 GHz Wave 2 compliant variant to existing 802.16e-2005 product lineup and demonstrates integration into ASUS portable computers.
GCT Semiconductor announced
sampling of the industry's first mobile WiMAX 3.5 GHz Wave 2 single-chip,
GDM7213, which includes RF, MAC and PHY, all into one monolithic integrated
circuit.
Based on the company's CMOS RF technologies, the GDM7213 implements MIMO, and
all PHY and MAC features required for WiMAX Forum Wave 2 Certification. The
solution offers a highly integrated, low-power transceiver which minimizes the
number of external RF front-end components. It also includes a mobile WiMAX
baseband with dual processors.
The new chip complies with IEEE 802.16e-2005 and WiMAX Forum Wave 2
certification requirements, supports seamless handover across different cell
sectors and operates over the 3.4~3.7 GHz frequency range. Currently sampling to
beta customers, full production of the 3.5 GHz part is planned for Q3'2008.
GCT also used the WiMAX Expo Taipei this week to showcase the integration of its
GDM7205 2.5 GHz chip into the ASUS F8 notebook series and EeePC. ASUS' F8
notebook series offers mobile multimedia for entertainment on-the-go. The EeePC
is a new line of mobile internet devices (MIDs) providing users with
comprehensive internet applications based on three Es - easy to learn, easy to
work and easy to play.
"We are pleased to be working with a proven industry leader like GCT, who has
enabled ASUS to provide our customers with systems containing reliable high
performance WiMAX capability," said Jellent Sun, Senior Director NB Product
Marketing of ASUS.
GCT's GDM7205 is in full production today.
By Jeff Orr
ORR Technology, LLC
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