{"id":15728,"date":"2020-03-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=15728"},"modified":"2020-03-03T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:47:11","slug":"processors-optimised-for-cellular-base-station-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/processors-optimised-for-cellular-base-station-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Processors optimised for cellular base station designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marvell introduces a new generation family of OCTEON Fusion processors<\/a><\/strong> built on the OCTEON TX2 platform and optimised for cellular base station designs including baseband unit and smart radio unit applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5G wireless networks promise a dramatic improvement in bandwidth and latency, delivering an unprecedented level of service and unlocking new use cases for mobile operators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make this promise a reality, 5G wireless infrastructure requires more processing power and OCTEON Fusion is optimised to meet this surging demand for compute.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built on Marvell\u2019s OCTEON TX2 platform, which provides a complex of Arm v8 cores and a series of hardware accelerators for networking and security, OCTEON Fusion adds programmable DSP cores and baseband accelerators making it the optimal solution for base stations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than seven million OCTEON and OCTEON Fusion processors have been designed into 3G, 4G and now 5G base stations worldwide and leading tier 1 telecommunication infrastructure OEMs have already selected the latest OCTEON Fusion processors for their next generation of 5G base stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OCTEON Fusion family is ideally suited for layer 1 processing in traditional all-in-one base stations as well as Distributed Unit (DU) processing in 5G split architectures.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the highly scalable multi-core OCTEON Fusion architecture enables it to address a multitude of base station solutions from mid-capacity small cells to high-capacity modular macro cells.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Radio Unit (RU), the family offers processing solutions for smart radio heads requiring more compute power to support the complex beamforming algorithms associated with massive MIMO antenna arrays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCTEON Fusion is an integral part of Marvell\u2019s portfolio of semiconductor solutions for Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure.  This platform enables OEMs to construct RAN solutions with world-class silicon from a single supplier and supports industry standard software and APIs to facilitate product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marvell RAN portfolio includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n