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Cavium Introduces OCTEON Fusion-M™SAN JOSE, Calif., and BARCELONA, Spain, March 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced the introduction of a family of highly integrated single chip solutions that enable a new category of Macrocells and Smart Radio Heads supporting a wide range of deployment scenarios and setting a new bar for cost, performance, power and footprint. The OCTEON Fusion-M family is a scalable architecture that ranges from the single chip CNF75xx macrocell to the single chip CNF74xx for use in Smart Radio Heads. Market Dynamics for Radio Networks and Cloud RAN Mobile networks' need to accommodate fast traffic growth, driven by heavier usage oFf individual subscribers and by the spread of wireless connectivity to new classes of IoT devices. The current architecture of the macrocell BTS utilizes a combination of CPUs, DSPs, FPGAs and ASICs which significantly add to the latency, footprint, power consumption and cost. The macro BTS can benefit from much higher silicon integration delivering higher performance while slashing the cost and power for next generation systems. Current Radio Heads perform a limited function of capturing and transmitting the RF data to macro BTS or the Cloud RAN typically over dedicated dark fiber that is not readily available in all geographies. Radio Heads can benefit from integration of Layer 1 functionality to enable seamless virtualization of the upper layers in a Cloud RAN deployment utilizing the existing switched fabric in existence today. Future networks will continue to deploy macrocell BTS augmented with Cloud RAN for additional scalability and enterprise small cells for coverage and capacity. New Category of Single Chip Macrocell and Smart Radio Heads: Laying the foundation of Dense HetNets, Cloud RAN and 5G standards Introducing the OCTEON Fusion-M CNF75xx Family of Processors Feature Highlights:
Introducing the OCTEON Fusion-M CNF74xx Family of Processors Feature Highlights:
"Cavium is a proven Wireless Infrastructure supplier with carrier-proven solutions ranging from small cells to Macro BTS to EPC and Cloud RAN applications," said Syed Ali, President and CEO of Cavium Inc. "Operators require a portfolio of base stations that address their different needs: enterprise, urban, metro-cell, macrocell and CRAN. With the OCTEON FUSION-M and ThunderX, Cavium is unique in addressing all of those segments through a coherent portfolio of highly optimized solutions. Our new chips extend the eco-system in two radical directions: up to macrocell class and out to the radio node required in C-RANs." "With the introduction of the OCTEON Fusion-M family, Cavium has extended its presence in the wireless infrastructure market where it already has deployments from the core to the RAN," said Jag Bolaria Principal Analyst at The Linley Group. "The OCTEON Fusion-M products enable more efficient macro base stations and advance an exciting new category of Smart Radio Heads for Cloud RAN." "Cavium has leveraged its multiple generations of world class IP to engineer OCTEON Fusion-M, a highly integrated family of wireless processors that provides a level of integration, performance and power/user unequaled in the industry. The OCTEON Fusion-M family are the most flexible processors for wireless communication and designed to not only encompass existing 3GPP standards but also new versions as they become ratified. They are ideally suited for HetNet applications and 5G roll outs," said Raj Singh, General Manager of Cavium's Wireless Broadband Group. Availability About Cavium Note on Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current expectations. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to development of new products and technologies; quality and performance of our products; whether we are successful in marketing our products; the rate at which our new products are adopted; rate of new design wins; product developments by our competitors; technological advances; pricing pressures; general economic conditions; manufacturing difficulties; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Cavium's business are set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2015. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and we assume no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120604/LA18845LOGO
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