SeaSolve and Sandbridge Introduce Joint Reference Design for Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) based products

- SeaSolve Software Inc, a leading supplier of wireless IP cores, Test and Measurement solutions, and Sandbridge Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company providing advanced reprogrammable processors for wireless OEM’s, announced a joint development effort to build cost effective and highly integrated mobile WiMAX (802.16e) based products.

The mobile WiMAX development effort leverages SeaSolve’s IP Cores (IEEE 802.16e PHY and MAC IP) and Sandbridge’s SB3500 reprogrammable baseband processor to allow manufacturers to design highly integrated and cost effective devices such as WiMAX enabled Smart phones and CPE’s for a multiplicity of target markets.

“We are very excited to be partnering with Sandbridge on this new reference platform which reduces the design effort and time our customers need to bring high performance, cost effective, state-of-the-art WiMAX solutions to market.” said Mehraj Lanker, CTO SeaSolve Software Inc.

The SeaSolve/Sandbridge design departs radically from traditional fixed-function hardware designs, that require multiple processors to support mobile communication standards and applications such as, mobile WiMAX, VoIP, and multimedia codecs, etc., increasing the size, cost and power consumption of devices. The Sandbridge/SeaSolve reference design produces a single chip, low cost, low power solution that substantively reduces product development effort and time to market, while enabling complete flexibility and programmability.  The solution combines SeaSolve’s mobile WiMAX PHY and MAC IP cores on Sandbridge’s SB3500 board for a complete CPE reference design.

 “Leveraging the ease of programmability of the SB3500 and integration of SeaSolve’s mobile WiMAX software enables us to provide a fully compliant reference design solution to customers,” said Tanuj Raja, Vice President of Business Development for the company. “We are excited to have SeaSolve as a partner for our mobile WiMAX solution; the partnership combines SeaSolve’s software expertise with our processor to produce a truly unique and highly optimized solution.

About SeaSolve Software Inc.

Based in San Jose, Calif., SeaSolve Software Incorporated is one of the leading suppliers of wireless communication solutions for IEEE 802.16e (Mobile WiMAX), IEEE 802.16d (Fixed WiMAX), IEEE 802.11a/b/g (WLAN), IEEE 802.11n (WLAN MIMO) and IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee).
SeaSolve has designed and engineered products for the global telecommunication market. The company is also a leading supplier of cutting-edge and high-performance wireless IP cores for emerging telecommunication market. Currently it offers a diverse array of innovative products ranging from test and measurement solutions, wireless IP cores, pre deployment solutions and reference boards.
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About Sandbridge Technologies (www.sandbridgetech.com):
Located in Tarrytown, NY, Sandbridge Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company with a mission to deliver ubiquitous wireless connectivity for the consumer market at the highest-integration level and lowest-cost.
Founded in 2001 by veterans of IBM, Lucent and Cadence, Sandbridge has developed a radically innovative, completely reprogrammable baseband engine that is a flexible alternative to dedicated hardware for next generation, multi-mode handsets and reduces their cost, complexity and time-to-market.
Sandbridge’s core technology, Sandblaster® , is a revolutionary multi-threaded DSP architecture with the capacity to perform flexible (SDR) baseband processing for all wireless protocols up to and including LTE and WiMAX—as well as all multimedia functions—without compromising battery consumption.
Sandbridge’s unique solution has the potential to kick-start a prolific new era of innovation benefiting the entire mobile ecosystem by delivering unprecedented compute performance that will accelerate the creation and distribution of truly pioneering mobile features and applications.
Sandbridge Technologies is privately held with investments from top tier venture funds and from strategic partners.