Altair Semiconductor, a 4G chip company developing the mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, has rolled out LTE (Long Term Evolution technology) baseband chip FourGee-3100.
According to the Altair, the FourGee-3100 is a LTE CAT-3 baseband processor that operates with devices from mobile handsets, data cards, USB dongles and CPEs to various handheld consumer electronics devices. The FourGee-3100 is bundled with a complete LTE L1 and protocol stack.
Altair said that the new device, based on its signal processing engine O2P is complemented with interoperated L1 and protocol stack that includes PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC and NAS layers.
The new product supports LTE category 3 throughputs and other 4G/OFDM technology variants, including WiMAX and XGP with low power consumption in operational and standby modes, high-speed, programmable interface to HSPA/EVDO baseband and applications processors.
Oded Melamed, Co-founder and CEO of Altair Semiconductor, said: The availability of the FourGee(TM)-3100, which we are announcing today, is a major milestone for the LTE ecosystem and for Altair in particular. Starting from today, device OEM and ODMs are able to build commercial grade LTE terminals without having to compromise on performance, power consumption or size of the LTE chipset.
