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Tundra Semiconductor Introduces Multi-Standard Serial RapidIO Switch with PCI Bridging and FPGA Interface
Tundra Semiconductor Introduces Multi-Standard Serial RapidIO Switch with PCI Bridging and FPGA Interface.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTsi620 Significantly Reduces 3G Wireless Baseband Costs\n\n\nSANTA CLARA, CA, Oct. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - AdvancedTCA Summit - Tundra\nSemiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN), a leader in System Interconnect, today\nintroduced the Tsi620(TM), an innovative multi-standard Serial RapidIO Switch\nthat lowers 3G baseband costs by bridging RapidIO-based DSP clusters to low\ncost embedded processors and FPGAs.\n\n\nThe Tundra Tsi620 significantly lowers 3G baseband processing costs by\ndirectly connecting a switched cluster of RapidIO-enabled DSPs to low cost\nPCI-enabled microprocessors, in many cases leveraging investment in existing\nsoftware solutions. Further cost savings are realized by taking advantage of\nthe Tsi620's unique RapidIO port for FPGA interconnect. This port allows\nbaseband designers to select cost competitive FPGAs without integrated SerDes.\n\n\n"Baseband cards can be implemented with significant cost savings with the\nTsi620, while at the same time benefiting from the latest signal processing\ncapacity of today's high performance multi-core DSPs," said Daniel Hoste,\nChief Executive Officer, Tundra Semiconductor. "This new RapidIO Switch allows\ncustomers to both increase their baseband performance and significantly reduce\noverall system cost," continued Hoste.\n\n\n"The Tsi620 RapidIO Switch leverages proven interoperability between\nTundra switches and TI's wireless infrastructure optimized TMS320TCI6482 and\nTMS320TCI6487 DSPs," said Ramesh Kumar, Marketing Director for the Wireless\nBaseband Group at Texas Instruments. "TI's base station customers will benefit\nfrom the ability to design cost-efficient baseband cards by leveraging lower\ncost FPGA and host processors."\n\n\n"RapidIO continues to gain momentum in DSP applications where FPGAs are\nused to significantly increase performance by off-loading computational\nintensive functions from DSPs," said Steve Mensor, Senior Director, IP and\nTechnology Product Marketing at Altera. "The Tsi620 allows users to build DSP\nswitch applications with Altera's latest Cyclone III and Stratix III FPGA\nproducts and with Altera's HardCopy structured ASICs if they are designing for\nvolume."\n\n\n"The Tsi620 extends the use of RapidIO endpoint clusters into\nheterogeneous systems that use FPGAs and PCI-ba...