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China's major telecom operator China Mobile has successfully developed the country's first reconfigurable 5G radio frequency (RF) transceiver chip, announced the company on Wednesday.
RF transceiver chip, the core chip of 5G base stations, serves as a "translator" in high-speed conversion of analog and digital signals.
It has high threshold for research and development and had been long dominated by other countries.
China Mobile's chip, dubbed "Breaking Wind 8676," can effectively enhance the country's 5G self-reliance, and can be widely used in commercial applications such as cloud and home base stations.
The reconfigurable architecture design enables the chip's core specification parameters, module algorithm and functionalities to be restructured, allowing for cost reduction and large-scale promotion.