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May 27, 2010

DesignArt Networks Announces DAN3000 Series of Open SoCs

DesignArt Networks, a provider of single-chip 4G base station "System on Chips" with real field deployments, announced the release of the first two products of its next-generation DAN3000 open SoC family.

The new DAN 3400 and DAN 3100 SoCs extend DesignArt's (News - Alert) patented System-on-Chip approach, leading two evolution paths of the mobile base station architecture, distributed and Compact BTS solutions, company officials said. The new SoCs also promise significant cost-savings for vendors targeting any kind of mobile 2G, 3G, or 4G technologies.

The pin-compatible DAN3000 SoC family provides a single-SoC R&D development framework for any type, size and performance of mobile base station product, Oz Barak, DesignArt Networks (News - Alert) CEO, said in a statement.

"By lowering R&D expenses, creating ultra-compact products at lower costs, and enabling higher revenues in an extended target market, we clearly have created a winning proposition for our customers," Barak added.

DesignArt delivers a full end-to-end development framework in any type of base stations for the system vendors. This enables single chip SoC solutions which range from picocell access points to large scale distributed Macro BTS applications.

The DAN3000 product family consists of many products which includes picocell access points, compact base stations for macro-, micro- and picocells, and distributed macro base stations, RRH, and high-capacity gigabit PtP and PmP backhaul systems.

The DAN3100 delivers a targeted solution for the digital radio designs. It includes multi-career, multi-mode remote radio head products.

Company officials say DAN 3400 and the DAN 3100 together are the only available silicon solutions in the market for an end-to-end distributed base station. It ranges from low-cost distributed MicroBTS to costly and highly powerful distributed macroBTS systems.

DAN 3000 SoC family members supports the concurrent functions of 2G, 3G and also 4G services at the full performance level of macrocell base stations providing operators with both future-proof and backwards compatible in-field software evolution paths all the way to full 4G.

First samples of DAN 3400 and the DAN 3100 will be available to selected customers by third quarter of this year. 


Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Marisa Torrieri
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