Marvell

Marvell’s advanced and highly integrated, ARMADA PXA1918 platform solution incorporates the performance of quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, running at 1.5GHz, and includes Marvell’s mature and field-proven 5-mode modem technology to provide a low-cost Linux and Android® mobile platform, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit operations.

This complete mobile platform solution supports 2G/3G/4G communications, including Long Term Evolution - Advanced (LTE-A) for Carrier Aggregation (CA), Dual-Carrier High-Speed Packet Access Plus (DC-HSPA+), Time-Division High-Speed Packet Access Plus (TD-HSPA+) and Enhanced Data for GSM Environment (EDGE), to enable a breakthrough end-user experience for multimedia and gaming applications with universal connectivity. It also integrates the GNSS hybrid location processor baseband for a more cost-efficient platform solution.

KEY BENEFITS

• High performance quad-core Cortex-A53 64-bit processor
• Multimode LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation Cat 7 modem, supporting up to 2x 20MHz bandwidths with peak speed reaching 300Mbps downlink and 100Mbps uplink
• Integrated RF transceiver for both cellular and GNSS
• Integrated power management and audio codec
• High-performance memory support for LPDDR3-SDRAM, NAND, and eMMC, secure boot from NAND and eMMC

APPLICATIONS

The ARMADA PXA1918 is targeted at 64-bit tablets and smartphones with Android operating systems.

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