The World Mobile Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona this year is full of exciting product announcements and announcements. Although a few products are trying to rekindle the classics, like the Nokia 8110 4G mobile phone is in accordance with the original "Matriarchal" movie retro transformation from , But most of the products are looking to the future. Two of these technologies in particular represent the future of the mobile world: artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G communications. But what are the links between these two areas? Continue reading the following article to find answer.
Artificial intelligence is the most popular pop word, but how much authenticity is there?
Artificial intelligence is a huge business opportunity. According to KPMG statistics, artificial intelligence and machine learning achieved a $12 billion VC in 2017, which has doubled from the previous year. But like every hot trend, the use of this term is far reaching. It goes far beyond its true meaning. Don't get me wrong. From robots and robots to smart speakers and headphones, artificial intelligence is changing the world. However, many products use artificial intelligence as a selling point, but they are actually based on Good algorithm, so it is very important to distinguish between popular vocabulary and reality.
The use of artificial intelligence may not be to create a humanoid machine that is as powerful as a human being in the movie Humans, or a robot in Westworld. It can be applied more generally. Professional application. But to be recognized as artificial intelligence, it will include a learning process and generate a result that may not be achieved through simple brute calculations. This type of artificial intelligence is becoming very common, especially around deep learning. And neural networks, many of the technologies they drive are used by millions of people every day.
5G Challenge: Extremely high speed with high complexity
Another huge topic of MWC is 5G. My colleagues gave a good overview of the 5G situation in mid-2017. It is impressive to see how far 5G technology has developed. 5G is expected to become a revolutionary technology. , Driving the development of applications such as self-driving vehicles, smart homes and smart cities, mobile augmentation and virtual reality as well as 4K video streaming. Such expectations have been going on for a while, and now, the potential of 5G is beginning to crystallize.
One example is Nokia's recent announcement of ReefShark Soc preparing for the 5G challenge, including the CEVA-XC architecture for wireless communications. According to Reuters, even Donald Trump’s security team hopes to accelerate the start of US 5G network construction. As a response to threats from overseas networks and economic security, it is now safe to say that everyone knows 5G is the future of communications.
There are many reasons why 5G is satisfying. Its bandwidth will be much larger than 4G, and it can support streaming media content that was not available before. The reliability is greatly improved, enabling mission-critical and extremely low-latency scenarios such as automatic driving. It will also dramatically increase the number of devices that can be connected, and the connected devices will grow exponentially to form the Internet of Things (IoT). Therefore, from the smallest sensor in the home to the most sophisticated automated vehicle, all will benefit from 5G technology.
Extremely complex calculations also bring problems. For example, millimeter-wave band technology up to 60 GHz, massive MIMO (multi-input and multi-output support for 64-256 antennas) and low-band sub-6 GHz frequencies, for the 5G physical layer (PHY) The introduction of new challenges and a large number of complex and non-linear calculations. In addition to all these complexities, the definition of 5G has not yet been formally standardized. 5G New Airtime (NR) Release-15 is the latest release of 3GPP, but currently all chips must be maintained Support release-16 flexibility, as well as other versions of non-3GPP standards. To meet these requirements requires a completely different approach than ever before.
Take 5G challenges with machine learning and powerful DSP
At our MWC booth, we introduce solutions that address these daunting challenges. CEVA PentaG is an advanced 5G NR IP platform for smartphones and broadband connectivity devices. This unique solution combines us as a leader in communications DSPs. Our extensive experience, and our expertise in artificial intelligence, especially machine learning. The platform integrates an enhanced version of the CEVA-XC4500 DSP plus an advanced artificial intelligence processor, a powerful vector MAC unit (VMU) co-processing , a set of CEVA-X2 DSPs and optimized hardware accelerators.
This combination has the unique ability to handle 5G heavy calculations with very low power consumption and the flexibility of future software updates. Our demo at MWC shows that PentaG can handle complex channel state information (CSI) and supreme support This challenging application scenario for MIMO4x4 and 256 QAM. CEVA's innovative approach is to use artificial intelligence to handle 5G CSI calculations, allowing 5G advanced receivers (eg quasi-maximum likelihood MIMO decoders) to achieve the highest throughput. Intelligence helps narrow the gap between performance mismatches and overcome the complexity barriers of existing methods. It's great to see everyone show a high interest in and participate in our technology. If you miss the demo, be sure to follow us and seize it. The next opportunity to show.