industry semiconductors founded 2005 headquarters hod hasharon israel key people co founder & ceo oded melamed co founder & cto yigal bitran co founder & vp marketing & bd eran eshed products 4g lte chipsets website www.altair semi.com altair semiconductor is a developer of high performance single mode long term evolution lte chipsets . the company s product portfolio includes baseband processors rf transceivers and a range of reference hardware products . founded in 2005 altair employs 190 employees in its hod hasharon israel headquarters and r & d center and has regional offices in the united states japan china taiwan and india . altair semiconductor was the first chipset vendor to receive certification from verizon wireless to run on its 4g lte network . 1 altair has also powered several devices launched on verizon s network including the ellipsis 7 tablet 2 and hp chromebook 11.6 lte . 3 in january 2016 it was announced that sony was acquiring altair for 212 million . 4 contents 1 corporate history 2 market 3 milestones 4 products 5 awards 6 external links 7 references corporate history edit altair was founded in may 2005 by former texas instruments executives oded melamed yigal bitran and eran eshed with extensive broadband and wireless silicon experience . altair s management and technology executives were among the founding team of libit signal processing a fabless chip company acquired by texas instruments in 1999 for 365 million . 5 altair is privately held and has raised in excess of 120m financing to date . 6 the company has a long history of developing 4g semiconductor solutions and prior to strategically shifting full focus to 3gpp lte in 2006 7 had developed solutions for wimax and japanese xgp standards . in january 2016 it was announced that sony was acquiring altair for 212 million . market edit lte has emerged as the de facto 4g 4th generation technology after having won the battle over rival technology wimax which failed to gain global carrier acceptance and critical deployment mass . as data usage minutes are on a steep increase vector and voice arpu average revenue per user remain flat carriers face a need to offer advanced and cost effective mobile broadband services which will offset the profitability decline and increase customer satisfaction . according to the global mobile suppliers association gsa 338 telecoms operators in 101 countries have committed to commercial lte network deployments or are engaged in trials technology testing or studies . 8 lte networks are already fully deployed in key markets such as the u.s. and south korea . analysts forecast the number of lte subscribers worldwide to reach 1b subscribers by 2016 . 9 in addition to connecting the consumer device market lte has the potential to push forward the vision of the internet of things iot . as of 2013 the internet had about 10 15 billion devices connected to it . 10 industry experts predict some 25 billion devices will be connected by 2015 and 50 billion by 2020 . 11 many of these connections whether consumer enterprise industrial or other will require wireless wide area network wwan connections and given the connectivity requirements a majority of these connection could be via lte networks . milestones edit in november 2009 altair announced the first commercial grade lte user equipment ue based on its fourgee 3100 . 12 in october 2011 altair achieved the world s fastest time division long term evolution td lte speed demonstration download speeds of more than 100mbit s in a live over the air demonstration with japanese carrier softbank . 13 in august 2012 altair was certified by verizon wireless to operate on verizon s 4g lte network . 14 in september 2012 sk telecom ericsson and altair demoed the world s first handover technology that supports both fdd and tdd on one device . 15 in february 2013 altair announced the launch of its fourgee 3800 6300 chipset . 16 in november 2013 verizon wireless selected altair s chipset to power its own ellipsis 7 tablet . 17 in january 2014 it was announced that altair s chipset was at the core of the hp chromebook 11 lte . 18 products edit altair s product portfolio includes baseband processors multi band rf transceivers and a range of reference hardware and product level protocol stack software conforming to 3gpp lte standards . 19 altair products are based on proprietary software defined radio sdr 20 and are small and power optimized . they support both fdd and tdd in any worldwide lte frequency band . 21 the chipsets can be used in a range of consumer products including tablets netbooks usb modems cpes smartphones as well as machine to machine m2m and internet of things iot devices . baseband processors 22 fourgee 3100 is a category 3 100mbit s lte baseband rf transceiver chipset solution conforming to 3gpp release 9 lte specifications fourgee 3800 is a category 4 150mbit s lte baseband rf transceiver chipset solution conforming to 3gpp releases 9 10 and 11 lte advanced specifications fourgee 3802 is a category 6 300mbit s lte baseband rf transceiver chipset solution conforming to 3gpp releases 9 10 and 11 lte advanced specifications rf transceivers 23 fourgee 6202 is a multi band lte fdd & tdd mimo transceiver that supports frequency bands between 400 and 2700 mhz fourgee 6300 is a multi band lte fdd & tdd mimo transceiver that supports frequency bands between 400 and 3800 mhz reference platforms 24 lte historical platforms fourgee 2150 6150 is a mobile wimax baseband rfic chipset which implements full mobile wimax mobility system profile wave 2 mac phy feature set fourgee 4150 is compliant with the phs mou extended global platform xgp 4g standard and implements full phy mac functionality awards edit in 2008 altair won a best of wimax world award in the category of chip design . 25 in 2012 altair was selected as a finalist for the red herring top 100 europe award a prestigious list honoring the year s most promising private technology ventures from the european business region . 26 in 2013 altair won the lte north america award for best chipset of processor product . 27 in 2014 altair was once again selected as a finalist for the red herring top 100 europe award . 28 external links edit altair semiconductor homepage israeli startup s formula for breaking into mobile forget the iphone bloomberg altair semiconductor raises 25m for cheap efficient lte chipsets venturebeat h p chromebook points to trends in chips patents wall street journal interview eran eshed co founder altair semiconductor microwaves & rf interview with eran eshed of altair on lte developments & trends lte world movers & shakers interview with eran eshed co founder and vp of marketing and business development altair semiconductor frost & sullivan references edit verizon certifies its first chip vendor because m2m will rock the world gigaom august 28 2012 . a look at altair s single mode lte modem in the ellipsis anandtech january 11 2014 . hp google launch chromebook with lte tom s hardware january 16 2014 . sony to buy israeli co altair semiconductor for 200m altair semiconductor profile inside chips april 21 2008 . 4g lte chipset co altair semiconductor raises 25m globes july 1 2013 . altair semi co founder wimax just isn t happening zdnet july 28 2010 . gsa confirms lte investments by telecoms operators in more than 100 countries gsa q4 2013 . report lte subscribers to hit 198m in 2013 then skyrocket to 1b in 2016 fierce wireless january 23 2013 . point of view the internet of everything cisco 2012 pdf . cisco visualizations the internet of things cisco . archived from the original on 2014 04 09 . lte usb expresscard supports category 3 speeds mobile dev design november 6 2009 . softbank mobile uses lte chipset from altair semiconductor mobility techzone october 5 2011 . verizon certifies its first chip vendor because m2m will rock the world gigaom august 28 2012 . mobile lte fdd tdd handover demoed by skt ericsson and altair fiercewireless september 19 2012 . maltair semiconductor s 4g chip bet pays off tmcnet february 26 2013 . the era of lte only tablets begins with pcmag november 18 2013 . hp google select altair s chip for lte only chromebook reuters january 15 2014 . altair product portfolio altair semiconductor website . ipwireless uses altair software defined radio in lte devices electronics weekly july 9 2010 . interview with eran eshed of altair on lte developments & trends lte world july 8 2010 . products altair semiconductor website . 4g rf transceivers altair semiconductor website . lte reference designs altair semiconductor website pdf . best of wimax world awards honor leaders in innovation vision2mobile october 2 2008 . red herring europe 2012 finalists . lte awards 2013 winners november 19 2014 . red herring europe 2012 finalists . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title altair semiconductor & oldid 743627861 categories fabless semiconductor companieselectronics companies of 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