Scalable multicore architecture for a range of macrocells, small cells, cloud-RAN, DFE/DPD/ and more
CEVA-XC4500 target applications
The fourth generation of the widely licensed CEVA-XC architecture, the CEVA-XC4500 is specifically optimized for next generation wireless infrastructure applications. The CEVA-XC4500 delivers highly powerful fixed point and floating point vector capabilities supplying the performance and flexibility demanded by next generation wireless infrastructure applications.
Target applications for the CEVA-XC4500 include:
Wireless Cells Baseband Processing
- Scalable from Pico and Metro Cells up to Macro Cells and Cloud RAN
- Supporting: LTE-Advanced, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, and more
Remote Radio Heads (RRH)
- Targeting digital frontend processing
- Handling advanced DSP functions including: Digital Predistortion (DPD), Up/down sampling Filters, Up/ down conversion, Quadrature Modulation Correction, DC Offset Corrector, Carrier Frequency Offset Corrector and more
Wireless Backhaul
- Wideband spectrum point-2-point wireless communication supporting up to 4096 QAM
- Targeting digital frontend processing
Enterprise Wi-Fi and WiFi-Cellular Offload
- Addressing Wi-Fi 802.11ac AP and Small Cells use cases supporting 3×3, 4×4 MIMO delivering up to 1.7Gbps
CEVA-XC4500 Block Diagram
| Features | Benefits |
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Highly powerful vector processor supporting fixed and floating point operations
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Optimized to address the processing requirements for a wide range of next generation wireless infrastructure applications |
High performance architecture
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Enables modem design with minimum hardware requirements |
Comprehensive multicore support
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Meets the needs of advanced wireless base stations (BTS) where systems need to offer high flexibility and allow dynamic resource utilization among a large number of cores |
| Optimal hardware-software partitioning via a mix of vector DSP and hardware accelerators | Delivers exceptional power efficiency, while maintaining software flexibility |
Easy software development
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Smooth C-level software development and easy integration into the target SoC reduces risk and time-to-market |
| Open architecture and standardized APIs | Additional software components can be easily developed or licensed through CEVA’s partners |
| Complete set of optimized communication libraries including: LTE-Advanced, LTE, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi and more | Significantly accelerates multi-mode modem design |
| …and many more – Download the CEVA-XC4500 Product Brief | |
CEVA-XC4500 Scalable cluster-based system architecture for wireless base stations