GCT Semiconductor announce the Industry’s first single-chip solution supporting both mobile WiMA

GCT Semiconductor announce the Industry's first single-chip solution supporting both mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e WAVE 2 and WiFi 802.11 b/g

GCT Semiconductor, a leading supplier of Mobile WiMAX solutions to the global market has announced the world's first highly integrated single-chip solution, GDM7215, supporting mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e WAVE 2) and WiFi (802.11b/g). GDM7215 implements mobile WiMAX RF/MAC/PHY and WiFi RF/MAC/PHY on a monolithic die.

GCT's highly integrated single-chip, demonstrated at CTIA in Las Vegas, April 1-3, provides a total solution for Wireless Terminal applications requiring dual connectivity of Mobile WiMAX and WiFi.

GDM7215 supports multimode wireless connectivity with its on-chip RF transceivers, allowing seamless broadband and local wireless roaming. Based on GCT's industry-proven CMOS RF technology, the new GDM7215 integrates WiMAX and WiFi radios, a high performance ARM9 RISC processor along with a 32-bit uniscalar DSP, and a full range of advanced interfaces for network, storage, and audio/visual device applications.

“GCT Semiconductor's dual mode WiFi/WiMAX chip will allow mobile device users to take advantage of both WiFi local area networks and the XOHM WiMAX network while on the go,”said Bin Shen, Vice President of Product Management and Partnership Development at Sprint's XOHM business unit. “By developing a single chip that supports both of these complementary wireless technologies, GCT is enhancing the convenience, affordability, and versatility of embedded devices which is beneficial to both device makers and end users.”