LTE, 4G will give improved mobile experience: ARM

BANGALORE, INDIA: ARM and a number of its partner community, which includes all the silicon vendors in wireless connectivity, today highlighted their ongoing activity in baseband modem designs and momentum in the LTE and LTE-Advanced markets.

The group also welcomed the acceleration of LTE, 4G technologies that will provide consumers with improved mobile experience based on the ARM architecture, said a press release.

Over the last 20 years ARM processors have proven to be almost ubiquitous in 2.5G and 3G handsets, with all current 3G baseband shipments incorporating the technology.  ARM processors are now used in 95 per cent of LTE baseband designs world-wide, the release added.

Warren East, CEO, ARM, said “ARM technology has helped drive the 3G era by focusing on low power, high performance solutions for mobile applications.”

He added that we are proud to have been part of the mobile ecosystem by leading innovation in mobile technology, as well as helping to develop standards as the industry transitions from 2.5G and 3G to 4G connectivity. We welcome the fact that the industry is now quickly moving to LTE technology, which will significantly enhance user experience.

The new ARM Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 processors provide increased functionality, performance and efficiency, and are optimised to deliver new mobile broadband LTE and LTE-Advanced devices, the release further added.

ARM processors have been developed in-line with progress in semiconductor technology to deliver highly efficient, low power mobile solutions. This is both for applications computing and baseband processing where many of the market leading solutions have converged on the Cortex family of processors.