SiTune ships 5G RF chipset, changes name to Arctic Semiconductor
SiTune has shipped its first 5G RF chipset and changed its name to Arctic Semiconductor.
The company has been developing the 5G chipset, called IceWings, and other 5G chipsets for more than three years and holds over 40 patents for its technology. The low power chipset is aimed at equipment manufacturers building 5G wireless radios for various applications including small cells, private networks, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), macro base stations, and massive MIMO platforms.
IceWings has four integrated transmitters and receivers. IceWings supports a wide range of standards in signal frequencies below 7.2GHz and enables mmWave applications by intermediate to baseband conversion.
The design helps to streamline the production of 5G equipment, allowing customers to utilize the same hardware design with minor updates across a diverse set of applications.
Telecommunications and IT together use five to nine percent of the world’s electricity supply and with the shift to 5G, energy consumption is expected to rise 160 percent by 2030 according to tome surveys. Reducing the electricity usage, the efficient management of heat, and the reduction of infrastructure costs are crucial to the successful deployment of 5G.
“Our mission at Arctic Semiconductor is to design and develop the most energy efficient 5G RF IC solutions on the market,” said Vahid Toosi, Founder and CEO of Arctic Semiconductor.
“The benefits of 5G will be felt for decades, but the energy and infrastructure costs are a challenge today. Offering cost-effective components that beats 3gpp specification while lowering power consumption are the key to fully scale 5G globally. That’s why we’ve chosen to focus on 5G and are committed to create solutions that are energy efficient as well as high performance.”
“We are pleased to collaborate with Arctic Semiconductor, an innovator in 5G RF solutions. The IceWings RF transceiver takes advantage of the energy efficiency capability offered by our 22FDX technology platform,” said Hiren Majmudar, VP & GM of Datacenter & Infrastructure End Market/Business Units at GlobalFoundries. “With its high performance, low power consumption, and broad feature integration, IceWings RF transceiver enabled by GF’s 22FDX platform is providing a differentiated solution for the 5G market.”
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