Businesswire: Sequans has now licensed BOTH CEVA & Cadence. PR out on JUNE 10.
I have been a bit concerned about the CEVA announcement since the Cadence Tensilica suite is dominant and also it is the basis for the formerly XMM now Apple 4G/5G modem.
Well, well, well. Look what a little searching turned up.
Both companies are licensed and announced. I can’t imagine why the Cadence didn’t get more attention.
I would call this tailwind PLUS it leaves the slim possibility of future work with that big fruit company since they are almost certainly using Cadence Tensillica for their modem work.
A trivia note: the XMM solution used CEVA for its 2 and 3G sections and was the core tech flaw in its future design because of incompatibility with its 4G portion. So, one could speculate that if Sequans is working with Apple in an R&D capacity on JV concepts it might be necessary to have both licenses.
Last, the language in the new PR implies to design is completed.
He June 01 CEVA PR used this language: “ has licensed the PentaG 5G New Radio (NR) IP to power its upcoming 5G platform”
prnewswire.com sequans-licenses-ceva-5g-modem-ip-for-broadband-iot-platform-301302386.html
ceva-dsp.com sequans-licenses-ceva-5g-modem-ip-for-broadband-iot-platform/
businesswire.com
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Sequans Communications Adopts Cadence RF Solution to Develop Next-Generation 5G IoT Platform
Highlights:
Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL, including the EMX 3D Planer Solver, delivered 2X performance improvement over legacy solutionSpectre X RF Simulator integrated into Virtuoso ADE Product Suite accelerated harmonic balance and significantly boosted simulation performanceAWR VSS software provided RF budget and noise analysis as well as integration of test and measurement for 5G NR and IoT communication standards
June 10, 2021 10:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SAN JOSE, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that Sequans Communications S.A., a leader in 4G and 5G IoT solutions, has successfully adopted the Cadence® Virtuoso® RF Solution, including the Cadence Spectre® X RF Simulator and Cadence EMX® Planar 3D Solver, for high-frequency RF harmonic balance and electromagnetic (EM) analysis and signoff, to develop its next-generation 5G IoT platform. Sequans also used the Cadence AWR® Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) software to predict and measure overall system performance and functionality in support of the 5G New Radio (NR) and internet of things (IoT) communication standards. The comprehensive, full-suite solution from Cadence enabled Sequans engineers to achieve a 2X performance improvement versus its legacy solution and reduce time to market while ensuring a high level of accuracy.
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