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Nujira collects NMI Low Power Award for Cellular infrastructure technology
Cambridge, UK, 9 November 2009 - Nujira is proud to announce that it received the Low Power Design Award 2009 at the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) 7th Annual Awards dinner for its Coolteq.h RF Power Modules for cellular base stations.
According to Derek Boyd, CEO, NMI, "The Low Power Design Award recognises innovative and novel designs that significantly reduce energy consumption without compromising the end-user functionality. Nujira Coolteq modules address the environmental cost of a non-consumer commercial operation by tackling amplifiers in an innovative fashion and with a large potential world-wide market."
In arriving at their decision, the judges agreed that Nujira has "hot technology" and "cool products" delivering significant energy savings. Addressing the rising power consumption of base stations by improving the efficiency of power amplifiers gives two-fold benefits: reducing the power consumption of the electronics and reducing the power needed for cooling. These characteristics will be of particular relevance for remote generator-powered base stations.
Receiving the award, Jeremy Hendy, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nujira, added, "We are delighted to receive a major endorsement from the premier industry organisation encouraging innovation in our industry. Nujira has created a solution that addresses the energy and operating cost challenges faced by today's cellular network operators based on envelope tracking, a principle that has been understood for 70 years but never before successfully applied in commercial product. The solution involved addressing major analogue, digital and RF design challenges, which Nujira achieved with a team of talented UK design engineers."
The Low Power Design award is sponsored by Synopsys - a world leader in delivering semiconductor design software, intellectual property, design for manufacturing solutions and professional services. With increasing focus on climate change, as well as the growing need to manage power much more effectively throughout the IC design process, Synopsys provides its users with the ultimate power management flow.
In its 7th year, the NMI Annual Awards Dinner is regarded as one of the semiconductor industry's most prestigious events and this year attracted 300 guests from throughout the UK and around the world. A highlight of the evening was a keynote address from Anand Chandrasekher, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Corporations Ultra Mobility Group.
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