NEC Gains System Efficiency With TI’s Leading Edge Technology
HONG KONG, Dec. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Deploying some of the most
advanced 3G base stations available today, NEC Corporation has chosen Texas
Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DSP products for its line of WCDMA macro base
stations. TI will provide its new single-chip multi-core 3 GHz TMS320TCI6487
programmable digital signal processor (DSP) to achieve higher performance and
improved system efficiency, as well as a reduced footprint in their base
stations. By using TI’s products and technology, NEC will enable operators
in Europe, and Japan to dramatically reduce the time and effort required to
deploy mobile multimedia services today and in the future.
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“Texas Instruments’ wireless infrastructure products will improve our
overall system efficiency by providing greater channel density and increased
system flexibility,” said Dr. Nobuhiro Endo, Associate Senior Vice President
of NEC and the head of Mobile Network Operations Unit. “The programmability
and code compatibility of TI’s DSP will enable us to gain leadership in
WCDMA implementations. In addition, their tools and support enables our
system designers to develop products quickly with few challenges. We have a
high degree of confidence in our relationship with TI and look forward to
continued success in deploying our products in the growing 3G market.”
“Texas Instruments and NEC have enjoyed a long, fruitful relationship,”
said Greg Delagi, vice president of TI’s DSP business. “As consumers demand
more data and multimedia applications from their handsets, we believe that
wireless infrastructure manufacturers will continue to benefit from high
performance, programmable solutions that enable them to quickly deploy new
technologies. By implementing our latest DSP technology, we hope to further
drive the deployment of 3G technology around the world.”
NEC Corporation is one of the world’s leading providers of Internet,
broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the
specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. The company
currently uses TI’s leading TMS320C64x+ core DSP technology, which has been
optimized for wireless infrastructure. The TCI6487 offers three times the
performance of previous infrastructure solutions, providing NEC with greater
channel enhancement and more flexibility while reducing design complexity for
OEMs.
In addition to providing DSP technology, NEC also uses TI’s wide
portfolio of analog products optimized for wireless infrastructure
applications including data conversion, power management, clock distribution
and radio frequency products.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog
technologies to meet our customers’ real world signal processing
requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company includes the
Educational & Productivity Solutions business. TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ti.com .
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