Company profile
Commsonic
Cambridge developer of communications semiconductor IP and ASIC and FPGA engineering services for physical-layer signal processing.
Company overview
Commsonic develops licensable communications technology blocks for implementation in ASICs and FPGAs. Its engineering work focuses on gate-efficient and power-efficient physical-layer functions for wireless and wireline systems. The published portfolio covers cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcasting, including modulation, demodulation and forward error correction. Listed technologies include DVB-C, DVB-S2/S2X, DVB-T2, ISDB and ATSC, alongside general-purpose FFT and QAM functions. Commsonic also offers services to adapt its IP to customer applications and support related chip, software and board-level subsystem developments. Its contact page identifies premises at St John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge. The website maintains a detailed product catalogue, but its dated news archive should not be treated as evidence of recent product launches or customer activity.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Semiconductor IP.
Technologies and capabilities
- ASIC
- FPGA
- Physical-layer signal processing
- Digital modulation and demodulation
- Forward error correction
- FFT
Licensable communications IP cores; Broadcast modulator and demodulator cores; Error-correction cores; IP adaptation and engineering services
Markets served
- Cable broadcasting
- Satellite communications
- Terrestrial broadcasting
- Wireless communications
UK presence
Cambridge, East of England. Part of the Cambridge / East of England cluster.