Category: Networking

HiSilicon D01, 16-core ARM Cortex-A15 presented by Huawei

Posted by Charbax – March 15, 2014
Category: Servers, Development Boards, Networking, Exclusive videos, HiSilicon, Linaro Connect

Here’s the 16-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor from HiSilicon Huawei on a development board for ARM Powered Networking and Servers coming up. Hacked on in this video by Linaro Toolchain Engineer Rob Savoye (2), who now is climbing the Mount Everest. Linux kernel v3.13 is running on this board, with three SATA ports and two Gigabit ethernet ports driver ready. The BSP code will soon be upgraded to kernel v3.14 and be upstreamed in parallel. Source code and binaries are released through Linaro website. Ubuntu Server is verified on this board. In this demo, it runs a GCC toolchain native build. Linaro Toolchain Working Group plans to use this board to run multiple builds per board, to maximally saturate D01’s computing and storage capability.

Kernel source: http://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/hisilicon/kernel.git (branch: integration-hilt-d01)
Binary release: http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ (found ‘HiSilicon D01’)
WiKi page: https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/D01

Freescale BSC9132: QorIQ Qonverge BSC9132 Dual-core Processor and Dual-core DSP

Posted by Charbax – March 4, 2014
Category: Networking, Exclusive videos, Freescale, MWC

The BSC9132 is a highly integrated device that targets evolving microcell, picocell, and enterprise-femto base station applications. The BSC9132 device combines two e500 cores, built on Power Architecture technology, and two StarCore SC3850 cores with MAPLE-B2P baseband acceleration processing elements to address the need for a high-performance, low-cost, integrated solution that handles all required processing layers without the need for an external device except for an RF transceiver or, in a micro base station configuration, a host device that handles the L3/L4 and handover between sectors.

With primary target air interfaces for LTE-FDD/TDD and WCDMA (HSPA+), the BSC9132 programmable device supports the performance and cost requirements of up to 20 MHz single sector LTE-FDD/TDD by handling 150 Mbps downlink and 75 Mbps uplink rates, 5 MHz HSPA+ by handling 42 Mbps downlink and 11.5 Mbps uplink rates for up to 64 simultaneous users, or WiMAX at 10 MHz. The BSC9132 supports multimode operation that enables it to process LTE-FDD/TDD and HSPA+ users simultaneously.

Text from http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=BSC9132

LSI Axxia AXM5500 16-core ARM Cortex-A15 for Base Stations

Posted by Charbax – February 28, 2014
Category: Networking, Exclusive videos, MWC

The 16-core ARM Cortex-A15 Axxia Mobile Communication Processor AXM5500 provides the best performance and power efficiency yet for mobile networks. The multicore processor combines specialized networking acceleration engines such as traffic management and deep packet inspection with power-efficient ARM Cortex-A15 processors to enable more capable and intelligent mobile networking equipment, including multi-radio base stations, mobile backhaul equipment and gateways. You can see my previous videos about this LSI device here: http://138.2.152.197/2013/11/10/lsi-axxia-5500-16-core-arm-cortex-a15/ and http://138.2.152.197/2013/02/28/lsi-axxia-5500-announced-16-core-arm-cortex-a15-for-network-infrastructure/

Bluetooth Smart 4.0/4.1 Low Energy

Posted by Charbax – February 26, 2014
Category: Internet of Things, Networking, Exclusive videos, MWC, Android

Mark Powell, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, answers my questions on Bluetooth LE (also known as BLE, also known as Bluetooth 4.0 and 4.1). Bluetooth Smart is Bluetooth LE with an application framework making it easy for applications developers to add support for the more advanced Bluetooth features. Bluetooth.com says it as “Bluetooth Smart products represent a quantum leap for Bluetooth technology, allowing billions of previously disconnected devices to join the connected world.” at http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Bluetooth-Smart-Devices.aspx

CAVIUM 64bit ARMv8 for Servers and Base Stations

Posted by Charbax – February 25, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, Servers, Networking, Exclusive videos, Cavium, MWC

Cavium talks about and shows their latest enterprise, data center, wired and wireless networking OCTEON and OCTEON Fusion SoCs based on ARMv8 64bit and MIPS, making customized optimized core designs for each in use for cloud servers and base stations among other. CAVIUM claims that their ARMv8 64bit enterprise/server design, due to be released later this year, provides more performance at lower power consumption than Intel´s x86.

Wind Powered Wi-Fi on top of cars, boats by Datt Solutions

Posted by Charbax – January 11, 2014
Category: Networking, Exclusive videos, CES

Here’s a solution that charges batteries for a Wi-Fi router that generates a Wi-Fi hotspot on the top of your car, recharges with speed.

Linaro Enterprise Group Manager Andrea Gallo

Posted by Charbax – January 1, 2014
Category: Servers, Networking, Exclusive videos, Linaro Connect

The Linaro-hosted “Enterprise Group” (LEG) is dedicated to accelerate Linux ARM server ecosystem development and extends the list of Linaro members beyond ARM silicon vendors to Server OEM’s and commercial Linux providers.