SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX) and BEEcube today announced a highly scalable
prototyping platform for 5G massive MIMO antenna systems. The new
MegaBEE prototyping platform supports up to 256x256 antennas and
provides all the elements necessary to put a massive MIMO system on
the air within LTE bands and without external hardware. At the
heart of the MegaBEE platform is the Zynq® All Programmable SoC,
bringing unmatched programmable hardware and software performance,
functionality, flexibility, and integration to early 5G prototyping
systems.
"The MegaBEE platform delivers all the required elements for 5G
massive MIMO prototyping in one box, greatly simplifying the task
of building a system and freeing designers up to focus on
algorithms instead of the interfaces around the periphery of their
design," said Chen Chang, BEEcube
founder and CEO. "Our tier one customers have pushed us hard to
create an easy-to-use yet powerful MIMO prototyping platform and
together with Xilinx, we've done just that."
The MegaBEE platform's unique clocking structure allows antenna
modules to be dispersed over a three mile radius while maintaining
phase coherence, enabling the system to be used for distributed
MIMO as well as massive MIMO systems with greater coverage and
capacity. Included in the MegaBEE platform are RF chains, filters,
power amps, 4000 parallel DSP slices, processor cores, multiple
channels of 10GE interconnect, and on-board DDR3 memory for storing
real-time 5G test vectors. In addition, Xilinx's Zynq All
Programmable SoCs enable the massive compute bandwidth demanded by
massive MIMO algorithms with an architecture featuring high-speed
logic fabric, DSP blocks, Block RAM capable of running 491MHz+, and
SERDES able to run at up to 12.5Gbps. The Zynq SoC's dual-core ARM®
Cortex® A9 MPCores enable a Linux cluster architecture unique in
the 5G prototyping space. MegaBEE also fully integrates with the
Xilinx® Vivado® tool suite to significantly reduce development time
for early 5G systems, while providing a library of IP to implement
all inter-chip communication.
"Xilinx devices have long been used in wireless infrastructure
equipment due to their unique properties of being fully
programmable and high performance. MegaBEE's Linux cluster for
distributed control is one of the most innovative uses of Zynq's
dual ARM cores that I have seen," said Ivo Bolsens, Xilinx CTO and
senior vice president. "In choosing the Zynq SoC, BEEcube was able
to develop a highly innovative, extremely flexible 5G prototyping
system that significantly shortens development time."
Xilinx and BEEcube representatives will be available at Mobile
World Congress, March 2-5, 2015 to
discuss this new prototyping platform. For inquiries or to schedule
a meeting, contact David Hawke at
dhawke@xilinx.com or David Squires
at dsquires@beecube.com.
Availability
The MegaBEE platform is available
starting in March 2015. Pricing
varies depending on supported array size. For more information,
please visit http://www.beecube.com/products/MegaBEE.asp. For more
information about Zynq All Programmable SoCs visit
http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/soc.html.
About BEEcube
A member of the Xilinx Alliance Program,
BEEcube is at the forefront of technology innovation within the
telecommunications market and is a leading supplier of advanced all
programmable communication platforms used in industry, defense,
education and research for real-time prototyping, development and
field testing of wireless communications applications such as
massive MIMO, mmWave, and LTE-Advanced. For more information,
contact info@beecube.com or visit the website: www.beecube.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world's leading provider of
All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, and 3D ICs. These industry-leading
devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and
IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable
logic to programmable systems integration. For more information,
visit www.xilinx.com.
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