In October, Aricent announced availability of its LTE eNodeB development suite. This combination of software and development services accelerates the prototyping and development of new chipsets and testing systems for LTE supporting mixed data, voice, video and messaging traffic. (For more information see http://www.aricent.com/press_release/lte).

RMI's XLS Processor family integrates up to 16 vCPUs (fine-grain HW processing threads using single-clock thread context switching) from four MIPS64 CPUs, three high speed on-chip interconnects, large multi-level caches, autonomous security and compression accelerators, multiple memory controllers, IEEE1588 PTP controller, eight Gigabit Ethernet MACs, Serial RapidIO, PCI-Express, and GPIO. The RMI XLS616 Processor supports up to four 32/36-bit DDR-2 Memory controllers for memory intensive applications while the XLS416 supports two 32/36-bit memory controllers for systems in which cost and power are more significant constraints. The XLS® Processor can be configured to support the 64/72-bit interfaces required for interfacing to low-cost commodity DIMM memories. The new devices provide pin-compatible upgrades for all members of the XLS Processor Family including the 600 Series, 400 Series, and 200 Series.

"Aricent's deep domain knowledge in wireless communications and proven track record delivering technology, software and services to the leading infrastructure manufacturers made them the clear choice for a development partner in LTE," said Sunil Kar, director, strategic marketing, RMI. "Jointly, we offer LTE equipment manufacturers a valuable competitive advantage in terms of time to market, performance and quality assurance. This collaboration, coupled with our close relationship with leading Mobile Infrastructure customers, enables us to develop a truly innovative LTE base station processing solution."

"Equipment Manufacturers developing LTE base stations will benefit significantly from RMI's approach," explained Sudhir Tangri, AVP Marketing, Wireless and Convergence Business Unit at Aricent. "The optimized reference solution will reduce development costs, time and complexity by eliminating risks associated with application performance and hardware compatibility. We are excited to be working with RMI in this critical emerging area of wireless technology."