GCT Semiconductor Collaborates with NVIDIA to Offer High Performance 4G Platform Solution for LTE Smartphone and Tablets
San Jose, CA, February 23, 2012 – GCT® Semiconductor, a leading designer and supplier of advanced 4G mobile semiconductor solutions, today announced that it is collaborating with NVIDIA to deliver a 4G LTE reference platform in a cost-effective solution ideal for smartphones and tablets.
The platform is comprised of the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 processor, the world’s first quad-core mobile processor, and GCT’s proven LTE single-chip, GDM7240. It represents a turnkey reference design for OEMs, which includes LTE and 2G/3G connectivity with high performing multimedia browsing and fast graphics speeds.
"GCT is one of the leading providers of LTE modem technology,” said Michael Rayfield, General Manager of the Mobile business at NVIDIA. “Bringing together their technology with Tegra 3 helps our partners create quad-core LTE mobile devices that we believe will impress customers with outstanding performance and longer battery life."
“Wireless operators are looking for the best mobile platform solution in terms of speed, connectivity and application processor,” said Dr. Kyeongho “KH” Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of GCT Semiconductor, Inc. “By combining NVIDIA’s excellent graphics and display performance with GCT’s advanced LTE single-chip solution, we believe we can provide a very attractive turnkey design for LTE smartphones and tablets. We’re pleased to be working with NVIDIA to advance the 4G ecosystem.”
The platform will enable OEM and ODMs to improve their time to market with mobile devices that fully take advantage of Tegra 3’s powerful HD video and console-quality gaming capabilities on 4G LTE networks.
The world’s first quad-core mobile processor for tablets and super phones, Tegra 3 delivers up to 5x the performance of the first dual-core processor, Tegra 2. Tegra 3 features a new patent-pending Variable SMP (vSMP) architecture with a fifth lower-power “companion” core, a PC-class CPU and 3X faster GPU with stereo 3D support to deliver a compelling combination of high performance and extended battery life.
GCT’s GDM7240 is currently commercially deployed with leading LTE operators in the U.S. and various other markets worldwide. GDM7240 is an advanced LTE single-chip solution that is well suited to meet the rapidly growing demand for higher data speed, higher mobility, enhanced applications and global roaming.
Renesas Mobile Partners with NVIDIA to Deliver Next-Generation LTE Ultraphones
OEM Customers can Extend Existing Software Investment to Create Exciting Next-Generation LTE Products with an Accelerated Time-to-Market
TOKYO, Japan, February 24th, 2012— Renesas Mobile Corporation, a leading supplier of advanced cellular semiconductor solutions and platforms, today announced a strategic relationship with NVIDIA to jointly develop a platform reference solution based on Renesas Mobile’s world-leading SP2531 triple mode LTE modem and the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 processor, the world’s first quad-core mobile processor. OEM customers can now build on the technology advances in current 3G NVIDIA-powered devices to create exciting next-generation LTE products with an accelerated time to market.
“For OEMs wanting to leverage the powerful performance of the latest application processors while extending their product portfolios into LTE triple mode, incorporating the Renesas Mobile modem is the logical solution,” commented Jean-Marie Rolland, CTO and Executive VP of Sales and Marketing for Renesas Mobile Corporation. “The pre-integration of our modem and the performance of NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad-core processor present an unbeatable combination for the development of the next generation of high performance ultraphones. This relationship will set the benchmark in performance for devices launched in the next 4-12 months.”
Michael Rayfield, General Manager of the Mobile business at NVIDIA, added, "Renesas is one of the leading providers of LTE modem technology. Teaming Renesas Mobile’s LTE technology with Tegra 3 helps our partners create quad-core LTE mobile devices with great performance and long battery life."
With over two billion deployments to date, the modem technology in the SP 2531 is the most deployed modem technology in the industry. It also delivers leading throughput and lowest power multi-mode FDD and TDD-LTE Category 3 capabilities. This impressive performance is backed by full certification and maturity on over two hundred networks worldwide. The world’s first quad-core mobile processor for tablets and super phones, Tegra 3 delivers up to 5x the performance of the first dual-core processor, Tegra 2. Tegra 3 features a new patent-pending Variable SMP (vSMP) architecture with a fifth lower-power “companion” core, a PC-class CPU and 3X faster GPU with stereo 3D support to deliver the best combination of high performance and extended battery life.
The pre-integrated reference design combining the Renesas Mobile SP2531 and Tegra 3 will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2012 at the Renesas Mobile Pavilion AV16.
