04 February, 2005: TTP Communications and ARM have announced a strategic collaboration to design and develop the next generation of 3G Intellectual Property (IP) platforms, incorporating ARM processors and TTPCom Cellular Baseband Engine (CBEmacro) technology. The new platforms will significantly reduce engineering effort and time-to-market for semiconductor vendors developing 3G system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. TTPCom will distribute the combination of an ARM technology-based subsystem and TTPCom's multimode 3G baseband to semiconductor manufacturers to enable them to get their products to market quickly, with lower cost and risk. ARM will be responsible for licensing the processor core to its silicon partners whilst TTPCom will license the CBEmacro technology.

The first of these platforms will be the CBEmacro 3G, a multimode cellular baseband engine, which provides a complete communications sub-system for GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA. The CBEmacro 3G is delivered pre-verified and warranted, enabling licensees to bring innovative and price competitive products to market more rapidly. The CBEmacro 3G is based on the ARM1156T2-S processor and incorporates AMBA3 AXI methodology, PrimeCell(R) peripherals and CoreSight(TM) debug technology. This delivers significant efficiency and performance advantages whilst also providing a familiar processor architecture for semiconductor vendors and their customers. Licensees of CBEmacro 3G will be able to re-use their existing investment in ARM tools and design flows, and rapidly integrate with their in-house IP to make complete cellular SoC products.

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