New QorIQ Qonverge portfolio integrates leading DSP and communications processor technologies to realize true “base station- on-chip”
BARCELONA, Spain (Mobile World Congress 2011) – Feb. 14, 2011 – Freescale Semiconductor – the communications processing leader and provider of industry-leading DSP technology – is transforming the future of wireless infrastructure equipment with the introduction of a highly [...]

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By Henri Tervonen
An asymmetric multicore architecture delivers a flexible alternative that’s primed to cope with the burgeoning data blizzard.
Due to the proliferation of smart phones and near-ubiquitous access to 3G/4G networks, wireless traffic across the globe is heavier than ever and expanding rapidly. In 2007, data traffic on the whole exceeded voice traffic volume on [...]

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By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News - EDN
The year ahead will be key for the adoption of multicore processors in netbooks and smartphones, according to In-Stat. The market-research company further projects that MIDs (mobile Internet devices) and UMPCs (ultramobile personal computers) will see an uptick in 2011 and that consumer-electronics devices will follow that trend [...]

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