HP Wideband-CDMA Design Library Advances
Third-Generation Mobile-Communications-System Design
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1998-- Hewlett-Packard Company
today announces the HP W-CDMA design library, a wideband code-division multiple access
(W-CDMA) design library that helps communications-system design engineers reduce design and
implementation time for systems based on this new, wireless, high-bandwidth technology. The
design library, which was developed by the HP EEsof Division, is expected to contribute to the
faster adoption of W-CDMA technology by offering digital-communications- systems designers
access to specification-compliant designs and test benches. The announcement was made here at
DSP World, a trade show focusing on digital signal-processing technologies.
''W-CDMA systems are expected to become the worldwide standard for the next generation of
personal wireless communications,'' said Hans Mattes, business-development manager for HP's
Microwave and Communications Group. ''HP has worked cooperatively with several
standard-setting organizations to develop the design library to conform with the IMT-2000 standard
that is being proposed for third-generation digital-communications systems throughout the world.''
HP is a founding member of the Association of Radio Industry and Business (ARIB) and a
long-standing member of both the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and
CDMA Development Group (CDG). All of these organizations are working to set
industry-accepted standards for W-CDMA.
A SINGLE, INTEGRATED DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
The software library is part of the HP Advanced Design System, a comprehensive, integrated
design environment for telecommunications and multimedia systems. The addition of the W-CDMA
design library builds on HP's Advanced Design System to provide a software package that allows
design and verification of all parts of a communications-system design -- including analog, radio
frequency (RF) and digital technologies -- in a single, integrated design environment. The HP
W-CDMA design library, which enables designers to create, measure and analyze all components
of the system simultaneously, helps reduce design-cycle time significantly.
U.S. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The HP W-CDMA design library is $30,000 and is available immediately for UNIX(R) system
platforms from HP and Sun and for PCs using Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT(R) 4.0 operating
systems.
ABOUT HP
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet
solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are
recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 123,300 employees and had revenue of
$42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.
Information about W-CDMA design library and other HP EEsof products can be found on the
World Wide Web via hp.com.
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