Samsung and Xilinx Team Up for Worldwide 5G Commercial Deployments
April 15 2020 - 7:00PM
Business Wire
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive and
intelligent computing, today announced that the Xilinx® Versal™
adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) will be utilized by
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., for worldwide 5G commercial
deployments. Xilinx Versal ACAPs provide a universal, flexible and
scalable platform that can address multiple operator requirements
across multiple geographies.
“Samsung has been working closely with Xilinx, paving the way
for enhancing our 5G technical leadership and opening up a new era
in 5G,” said Jaeho Jeon, executive vice president and head of
R&D, Networks business, Samsung Electronics. “Taking a step
further by applying Xilinx’s new advanced platform to our
solutions, we expect to increase 5G performance and accelerate our
leadership position in the global market.”
Versal ACAP – a highly-integrated, multicore, heterogeneous
compute platform – operates at the heart of 5G to perform the
complex, real-time signal processing, including the sophisticated
beamforming techniques used to increase network capacity. With 5G
infrastructure requirements and industry specifications still
evolving, there is a need for the adaptive compute Xilinx is known
for.
5G requires beamforming, which allows multiple data streams to
be transmitted simultaneously to multiple users using the same
spectrum. This is what enables the dramatic increase in 5G network
capacity. Beamforming technology, however, requires significant
compute density and advanced high-speed connectivity – on-chip and
off-chip – to meet 5G’s low-latency requirements. Adding to this,
different system-functional partition requirements and algorithm
implementations lead to a wide range of processing performance and
compute precision. It is extremely challenging for traditional
FPGAs to optimally address this requirement while meeting thermal
and system footprint constraints.
Versal ACAPs offer exceptional compute density at low power
consumption to perform the real-time, low-latency signal processing
demanded by beamforming algorithms. The AI Engines, which are part
of the Versal AI Core series, are comprised of a tiled array of
vector processors, making them ideal for implementing the required
mathematical functions offering high compute density, advanced
connectivity, as well as the ability to be reprogrammed and
reconfigured even after deployment.
“Samsung is a trailblazer when it comes to 5G innovation and we
are excited to play an essential role in its 5G commercial
deployments,” said Liam Madden, executive vice president and
general manager, Wired and Wireless Group, Xilinx. “Versal ACAPs
will provide Samsung with the superior signal processing
performance and adaptability needed to deliver an exceptional 5G
experience to its customers now and into the future.”
The first Versal ACAP devices have been shipping to early access
customers and will be generally available in the Q4 2020
timeframe.
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About Xilinx
Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing
platforms that enable rapid innovation across a variety of
technologies – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx
is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable SoCs, and the
ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor technology in
the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent, and connected
world of the future. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
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