Cellular IoT and LPWAN - addressing the industry FUD
Chet Babla, ARM
Vendor:
Ceva, Inc.
Category:
Cellular
Third-Generation 5G-Advanced Modem IP Platform
Ceva’s third-generation PentaG platform is a production-ready 5G- modem IP architecture that integrates baseband hardware, L1 PHY…
Overview
Ceva’s third-generation PentaG platform is a production-ready 5G-Advanced modem IP architecture that integrates baseband hardware, L1 PHY software, and comprehensive verification assets into a single reusable subsystem.
Compared with the previous generation, the third-generation PentaG platform delivers substantial improvements in performance, scalability, and integration efficiency across both satellite and terrestrial deployments.
Built on a unified architecture, the platform scales seamlessly across SATCOM, IoT, and infrastructure-class applications.
With a silicon-proven, pre-validated modem subsystem, the third-generation PentaG platform accelerates time-to-silicon and significantly reduces development risk.
The Solution
The third-generation PentaG platform delivers a fully integrated modem IP solution combining optimized hardware accelerators, 5G baseband software, and a comprehensive verification environment.
Delivered as a validated modem subsystem rather than discrete IP blocks, it simplifies SoC integration while preserving programmability and extensibility.
Leveraging silicon-proven IP and a unified architecture, the platform reduces integration complexity, accelerates time-to-silicon, and mitigates development risk across satellite, IoT, and infrastructure-class products.
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Key features
- Complete, scalable hardware IP and software modules for 5G and legacy LTE modems
- Employs Ceva-XC vector DSP and Ceva-BX2 scalar DSP cores and function-optimized hardware accelerators
- 5G PHY software for modulation, demodulation, standard 5G procedures,
- Support for NR, eMBB, 5G-IoT and URLLC modes
- Supported by System-C Virtual Platform Simulator and FPGA-based hardware emulation
- Reusable foundation to spawn multiple products while keeping a consistent architecture and validation toolchain.
- Includes optimized baseband subsystems, Ceva’s vector and scalar DSPs compute power, hardware accelerated data & control path
- Scale across performance & power envelopes for broad range of applications
- Extendable and upgradable for future 3GPP reassesses
Block Diagram
Ceva-PentaG block diagram
Benefits
Production-Ready Baseband Processing Subsystem
- Complete, operational RTL subsystem integrating existing and new IP
- Programmable and future-proof through Ceva DSP architecture
Optimized Performance and Efficiency
- High-throughput, low-latency design
- Power-efficient architecture with optimized clock and power domains
Reduced Technical Risk
- Silicon-proven IP and validated subsystem integration
- Enhanced testability, debug, and trace capabilities
- Integrated co-simulation environment supporting early validation
Faster Time-to-Market
- Simplified SoC integration
- Reduced development complexity
- Accelerated time-to-silicon and overall program execution
Applications
- Consumer IoT
- Automotive
- Industrial
- Mobile
- PC
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Identity
Part Number
Ceva-PentaG
Vendor
Ceva, Inc.
Provider
Ceva, Inc.
HQ:
USA
The Smart Edge runs on Ceva!
Ceva is the leader in innovative silicon and software IP solutions that enable smart edge products to connect, sense, and infer data more reliably and efficiently.
At Ceva, we are passionate about the smart edge. Providing the technology and market expertise our customers need to be successful is what we do best, and we’ve been doing it for over 30 years.
With the industry’s only portfolio of comprehensive communications and scalable edge AI IP, Ceva powers the connectivity, sensing, and inference in today’s most advanced smart edge products across consumer IoT, mobile, automotive, infrastructure, industrial, and personal computing. More than 17 billion of the world’s most innovative smart edge products from smartphones to drones to cellular base stations and more are powered by Ceva.
We create innovative technologies that help our customers turn great ideas into extraordinary products. We license our portfolio of wireless communications and scalable edge AI IP to our customers, breaking down barriers to entry and enabling them to bring new cutting-edge products to market faster, more reliably, efficiently, and economically.
Ceva is a trusted partner to over 400 of the leading semiconductor and OEM companies including Actions, Artosyn, ASR, Atmosic, Autotalks, Beken, Bestechnic, Brite, Broadcom, Celeno, Ceragon, Cirrus Logic, Dialog Semiconductor, DSP Group, Espressif, FujiFilm, GCT Semi, iCatch, InPlay, Intel, Itron, Leadcore, LG Electronics, Mediatek, Microchip, Nextchip, Nokia, Novatek, NXP, ON Semiconductor, Optek, Oticon, Panasonic, RDA, Renesas, Rockchip, Rohm, Samsung, Sanechips, Sharp, Siflower, SigmaStar, Socionext, Sony, Socionext, Sonova, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Unisoc, Vatics, Yamaha and ZTE all leverage Ceva’s industry-leading IP. These companies incorporate our IP into application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) and application-specific standard products (“ASSPs”) that they manufacture, market and sell to consumer electronics companies.
Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, Ceva has over 400 employees worldwide, with design centers in Israel, Ireland, France, United Kingdom, United States, Serbia, and sales and support offices located in Europe, the U.S. and throughout Asia.
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