Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has announced its Mobile WiMAX System-on-Chip product. The integrated one-chip MAC and PHY mixed-signal baseband chip is designed to optimize both performance and power consumption using Fujitsu's 90nm process technology, and is designed for PC cards and mobile devices.
The Fujitsu mobile WiMAX chip is compliant with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX standard.
The WiMAX chip will be designed into subscriber systems that will be deployed along with 802.16e-2005 compliant base stations in supporting mobile wireless networks. Fujitsu plans multiple releases to match customers' needs. Its initial release will provide the broadband chip to deliver MIMO Wave 2 certification compliance. Second and third releases will follow to support full mobility, VoIP and multimedia applications over mobile appliances.
