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STMicroelectronics Offers Turnkey Solution for Mobile WiMAX Base
Stations

Geneva, January 09,2006 - Shortly after the
IEEE ratified the new ‘mobile WiMAX’ standard (802.16e),
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a leading supplier of System-on-Chip
(SoC) products for the wireless market, announces its turnkey
solution for 802.16e base-station modems. Based on the market’s
first SoC baseband processor for wireless infrastructure
applications (
STW51000), ST’s
comprehensive WiMAX offering couples unequalled levels of silicon
integration with optimized software libraries, opening a fast and
cost-effective path to next-generation mobile broadband services.
 

WiMAX/IEEE 802.16 (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access) is a global standard-based technology for broadband
wireless access. Ratified last month, the new ‘mobile’ 802.16e
standard ushers in a seamless, nomadic phase of WiMAX, where base
stations can communicate with moving devices, allowing users to
move around and maintain their broadband connection. Industry
analysts expect there will be more than 50 million WiMAX
subscribers by 2010, with the worldwide sales of WiMAX equipment
growing at a CAGR of 140% over the next five years.

“ST has expanded its offering of turnkey system solutions for
wireless base stations with the implementation of mobile WiMAX,”
said Philippe Geyres, Executive VP, Home, Personal, Communication
Sector at STMicroelectronics. “This unique product combines the
lowest cost-per-user modem SoC with optimized software libraries
and gives a superior head start to network equipment manufacturers,
shortcutting cost and power concerns of discrete DSP and FPGA
implementations, while increasing the integration and performance
level.”

 ST’s super-integrated baseband modem combines two quad-MAC
DSP cores, each running at 600MHz, with a 300MHz ARM926 RISC core,
16 Mbit of embedded SRAM memory, and dedicated channel decoding
co-processor in a single device, demonstrating the industry’s
lowest cost-per-channel and highest throughput. 802.16e benchmarks
have shown that a single STW51000 can address a complete 10MHz TDD
(Time-Division-Duplexing) PHY running on the DSPs, as well as the
lower part of the MAC running on the ARM926.

Unlike other suppliers, ST bundles its base-station modem SoC
with a full set of in-house software libraries, including 802.16e
software for FDD (Frequency-Division-Duplex) and TDD modes. The
one-stop-shopping scenario streamlines the supply chain for
equipment manufacturers and significantly reduces their
time-to-market and development costs.

The STW51000 is ready for full production and samples,
evaluation boards, and tools, as well as optimized software
libraries are available. Delivered in the PBGA 569 package, the
device costs $50 in volume.

A leading supplier of advanced products to the wireless
industry, STMicroelectronics offers a full spectrum of digital and
RF devices for wireless infrastructure applications, covering most
functions in cellular base stations and wireless broadband systems.
From dedicated solutions (ASIC) to optimized standard products
(ASSP), ST’s wireless infrastructure portfolio, defined in
co-operation with leading telco manufacturers, ensures the highest
level of integration and flexibility.