united kingdom key people stan boland president and ceo number of employees approximately 300 parent nvidia corporation website http www.icerasemi.com icera inc. is a british multinational fabless semiconductor company headquartered in bristol united kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of nvidia corporation . it develops soft modem chipsets for the mobile device market including mobile broadband datacards usb sticks and embedded modems for smartphones laptops netbooks tablets e books and other mobile broadband devices . icera has research and development sites in china france the united kingdom and the united states and customer engineering and sales offices in china japan korea taiwan the united states and europe . 1 on 9 may 2011 it was announced that nvidia corporation had agreed to acquire icera for us 367 million in cash from its venture capital owners which included accel partners amadeus capital partners atlas venture balderton capital and dfj esprit . 2 3 on 5 may 2015 nvidia corporation announced that icera would wind down operations . 4 contents 1 history 2 products 3 technologies 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit icera was founded in april 2002 by stan boland steve allpress simon knowles and nigel toon . the company is staffed by a team employed in custom processor design wireless algorithm development cmos rf design customer support and wireless handset platform integration . in january 2003 icera completed a 10m series a round from a major investor . later in the year icera inaugurated two offices in bristol united kingdom and in japan . in july 2004 icera completed another 32.5 m series b funding round and later that year licensed ttpcom s 2g 3g protocol stack . in january 2005 the sophia antipolis offices in france were opened . in september 2005 icera s first 90 nm livanto ice8020 chips were sampled to seiko instruments inc for a first product development for vodafone kk . in march 2006 the company completed its third financing round raising 60m series c funds . icera launched its espresso 200 platform in 2006 and two new offices were opened in austin texas and in cambridge united kingdom . in june 2007 icera announced that its livanto chipset powers the softbank mobile hsdpa data card making its adaptive wireless solution the one that delivers japan s highest performance cellular broadband system . 5 icera acquired sirific wireless in may 2008 adding cmos rf to its portfolio . 6 in the same month the company began to ship its 65 nm livanto ice8040 baseband chips and the associated espresso 300 reference design was launched . at the end of that year the company inaugurated its chinese office in shanghai and announced a total of 70m of series cc financing including venture debt . in june 2009 icera announced that its platform is supported by nvidia tegra based mids . 7 in late june 2009 option launched a new icon 505 hspa usb modem with teliasonera in sweden which is powered by the icera livanto baseband chipset . 8 in december 2009 icera announced that its livanto chipset is powering the sierra wireless aircard usb 305 . 9 in april 2010 icera announced that its livanto chipset is powering the usb modem from lg mobile phones which launched with at & t in the united states the at & t usbconnect turbo . in may 2010 it was announced that icera s livanto chipset and iceclear interference aware technology were being used in vodafone s k3805 z usb stick boosting mobile broadband reliability and connection speeds for vodafone customers . the vodafone k3805 z is the world s first usb modem to incorporate icera s iceclear interference aware technology . in may 2010 icera secured a further 45m in series dd financing which will accelerate its growth . to date icera has raised 258m in venture investments . in august 2010 icera announced that it had opened its second customer support center in xi an china . 10 on 9 may 2011 it was announced that nvidia corporation had agreed to acquire icera for 435.7 million in cash . 11 2 3 on 5 may 2015 nvidia corporation announced that icera would wind down operations . 4 products edit livanto chipsets chipsets for mobile broadband cellular modem devices . livanto is the world s first wireless soft modem . 12 baseband chips ice8060 sampling in h2 2010 ice8042 up to 21 mbit s ice8040 up to 21 mbit s ice8020 up to 3.6 mbit s radio chips ice9225 sampling in h2 2010 ice8260 2g 3g 4g ice8215 2g 3g power management chips ice8145 bga or wafer level csp package espresso reference platforms reference platforms for mobile broadband data devices and next generation smartphones espresso 400 data platform sampling in h2 2010 espresso 302 data platform espresso 300 data platform espresso 200 data platform technologies edit this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message adaptive wireless adaptive wireless runs with icera s livanto soft baseband . the adaptive wireless technology results in a significant throughput advantage for hspa data communication and allows device manufacturers to develop multiple products with different performance levels all from a common platform . dxp deep execution processor dxp is a new class of processor that works at the ultra low power consumption levels necessary in mobile applications . advanced cmos rf icera launched the world s first single chip hedge cmos rf transceiver with rx diversity . this technology optimizes performance and resolves design issues associated with direct conversion cmos architecture . iceclear iceclear was launched by icera in january 2010 and is the world s first interference aware technology delivering up to triple the previous user data rate and cell site network efficiency . iceclear was shortlisted for a gsm association 2010 global mobile award in the best mobile technology breakthrough category . 13 nvidia s tegra tegra 4i soc integrates an icera i500 lte hspa baseband processor . awards edit according to various sources and icera s website the company has received various awards in several categories throughout the years recognizing its capabilities and technological innovations . 14 15 16 17 references edit icera locations a b cambridge coup as icera goes to nvidia for 225m . business weekly . 9 may 2011 . retrieved 9 may 2011 . a b nvidia to acquire baseband and rf technology leader icera . icera . retrieved 9 may 2011 . a b nvidia to wind down icera modem operations . nvidia . retrieved 28 june 2016 . icera livanto powers softbank mobile hsdpa data card icera acquires sirific wireless . ee times . 4 july 2008 . retrieved 27 november 2010 . icera platform supported by nvidia tegra based mids option launches new new icon 505 hspa usb modem with teliasonera in sweden 1 icera powers the sierra wireless aircard 305 hspa modem icera in china expansion . business weekly . 16 august 2010 . retrieved 27 november 2010 . http www.electronicsweekly.com blogs mannerisms yarns the shining star which crashed 2016 07 livanto chipsets 2010 nominees global mobile awards gsma icera wireless solutions awards red herring awards 2005 red herring awards 2006 world economic forum selects 36 technology innovating companies external links edit official website v t e telecommunications industry in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom science and technology in the united kingdom companies infrastructure providers arqiva babcock international bt wholesale openreach interxion telecitygroup telehouse europe service providers current andrews & arnold asda mobile bt group bt global services bt business bt consumer ee plusnet claranet colt group the co operative cable & wireless communications delight mobile family mobile inmarsat kcom group eclipse internet lebara mobile lycamobile mapesbury 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