Cellular-repeater startup Nextivity used an Altera/Synopsys Nios CPU core, synthesized in an ASIC, for two generations of what it calls the Intelliboost Baseband Processor. This product serves in Cel-Fi, the company’s indoor-coverage extender for heterogeneous networks (hetnets). But for its third-generation Cel-Fi system, Nextivity designed its own proprietary processor using six CPU cores based on the OpenRisc OR1200.
Written by Loring Wirbel