At Mobile World Congress, Marvell announced a complete reference design featuring high performance multicore application processing and a world modem including 4G Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) / Time Division Duplexing (TDD) LTE, Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) in a single platform.
The solution is comprised of the Marvell ARMADA PXA2128 application processor featuring Marvell’s Hybrid-SMP Technology – a new symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) hardware and software architecture – and its PXA1801 multimode LTE modem – which provides support for all global broadband standards including FDD and TDD LTE network, DC-HSPA+ (Dual Carrier Evolved High-Speed Packet Access) and TD-SCDMA.
“Leveraging Marvell’s leadership in multicore processors and connectivity technologies, I believe now our customers around the world can utilize a single platform to deliver high-performance, low-power, cost-effective, multicore, FDD / TDD LTE smartphones and tablets to meet global consumers’ increasing demands for rich and live streaming content,” said Weili Dai, Co-Founder of Marvell.
The Marvell reference design includes the company’s latest power management and Radio Frequency (RF) technologies, as well as its wireless connectivity solution comprised of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (BT) and FM.http://www.marvell.com