The programme, called Evenstar, was launched by Meta in
early 2020 and promotes a platform called OpenRan that makes it possible for
cellular network operators to mix and match hardware and software for building
base stations instead of buying all of it from one equipment maker.
That gives operators more flexibility and makes equipment
pricing more competitive, said Gilles Garcia, an executive with AMD's data
center and communications group.
"They have a very aggressive target for the cost,
because Meta is also trying to cover the uncovered regions and the
underdeveloped countries. So they want to make sure there are more and more
people connected," said Garcia.
AMD said its radio chip, Xilinx Zynq UltraScale RFSoC, will
be used in the Evenstar radio units. © Reuters