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I did some LTE work. Nasty stuff. And 5G is even worse.
by ACCount37 1y ago
I did some LTE work. Nasty stuff. And 5G is even worse.
- vetrom 1y agoI don't think most people really understand the compute complexity required for LTE and 5G terminals. It's telling that pretty much every discrete-ish full-speed LTE or 5G modem I've lain eyes upon is actually an embedded SBC running its own OS, with attendant power requirements.
- ACCount37 1y agoThe companies do that because by far the largest market for LTE/5G modems is smartphones. They could make a more cut-down modem chip, but why would they? They already make hundreds of millions on smartphone SoCs. Just rebadge that silicon as modem ICs, no one cares that an LTE stick runs full Android.