Tannera

What Tannera does

Tannera LLC is a privately held PHY (physical layer) intellectual property company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California with engineering operations in Belgrade, Serbia. The company designs wireless communications IP cores, principally LDPC and BCH channel coding, OFDM modulation, and RAN acceleration for 5G NR, O-RAN, DVB-S2(X), and non-terrestrial network standards, and licenses these cores to semiconductor companies, equipment manufacturers, and ODMs/OEMs. Tannera's product portfolio spans FEC IP cores (5G NR LDPC Decoder/Encoder, DVB-S2(X) Decoder/Encoder, and ancillary L1 cores), RAN acceleration IP (5G RAN FEC Acceleration IP exceeding 200 Gbps on PCIe Gen4 cards, and an OFDM accelerator), and end-to-end RAN offerings including a Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution delivered jointly with consortium partners Phluido and Effnet. The company also offers server-grade and embedded L1 software-defined physical layer products co-developed with Phluido.

The company monetizes almost exclusively through IP licensing on a quote-based, direct sales model with three tiers — Commercial (netlist, encrypted RTL, or source code), R&D (netlist for up to 10 FPGA cards, 2-year term), and Demo (node-locked bitstream for 5 FPGA cards, 6-month term) — augmented by professional services (custom IP development, design services, verification and testing, prototyping, training, and technical support). Tannera positions itself as a performance- and efficiency-oriented alternative to incumbent PHY IP, claiming 65%-100% efficiency gains over other market solutions on 5G NR LDPC decoding and 250% lower memory usage on DVB-S2(X) decoding, validated on Xilinx Ultrascale+ FPGAs. Customer segments span telco infrastructure (primary), hyperscalers, satellite communications including NTN, automotive, defense/aerospace, medical, broadcasting, marine/underwater, consumer electronics, and industrial automation.

Tannera's go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales, consortium-based solution delivery (Phluido, Effnet, Arm), and event-driven demand generation at MWC Las Vegas and MWC Barcelona. The company is founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional investors, has 11-50 employees, and operates with an intellectual-property licensing model that, by nature, scales by adding named licensees and supported use cases rather than by per-unit product volume. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no named customer logos, revenue figures, or funding rounds are present in the available source material.

Name

Tannera

Legal name

Tannera LLC

Website

https://tannera.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tannera is a private wireless PHY IP design company that licenses 5G NR, O-RAN, DVB-S2(X), and NTN channel coding, OFDM, and RAN acceleration IP cores to semiconductor firms, OEMs, and equipment manufacturers, and offers an end-to-end cloud-native Private 5G RAN solution with consortium partners Phluido and Effnet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wireless PHY Semiconductor IP

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAHAFAF

Hardware/Chip Design IP Cores (Processor, Interface, Analog, Security)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Semiconductors & Electronic Components/Electronic Design Automation (EDA) & IP Cores

SECONDARYHDAHAJAG

Programmable Logic (FPGAs/CPLDs)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Semiconductors & Electronic Components/Digital Logic & Processors (MCU/MPU/SoC)

Keywords

• PHY IP cores
• 5G NR LDPC decoder
• Satellite FEC IP
• RAN acceleration IP
• Private 5G RAN

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. IP Core Licensing (Commercial): Tannera licenses its PHY IP cores (FEC, DSP, LDPC) and RAN acceleration solutions to commercial customers including OEMs, ODMs, semiconductor companies, and equipment manufacturers. Licensing terms are tailored based on type of code delivery (netlist, encrypted RTL, or source code), number of use cases, and number of deployments/users. This is the primary revenue stream.
2. Demo Licenses: Special demo licenses are provided to companies needing to demonstrate Tannera's IP on their hardware for purposes such as trade shows, validation, testing, or profiling. Delivered as node-locked bitstream for up to 5 FPGA cards for a limited duration of 6 months.
3. R&D Licenses: R&D licenses are provided to companies developing their own products and needing Tannera's IP for implementation and integration in their own and third-party systems. Delivered as netlist for up to 10 FPGA cards for a limited duration of 2 years.
4. Professional Services: Turnkey wireless solutions design, custom IP development, technical support and maintenance, verification and testing services, prototyping and deployment support, and training and education programs for clients' engineers and technical teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tannera designs, develops, and licenses proprietary physical layer (PHY) semiconductor IP cores and RAN acceleration solutions for wireless communications. Its portfolio covers 5G NR FEC (LDPC encoder/decoder), DVB-S2(X) satellite FEC encoder/decoder, OFDM acceleration, 5G RAN FEC acceleration, and a cloud-native end-to-end Private 5G RAN solution co-developed with Phluido and Effnet. IP is delivered as FPGA bitstreams or ASIC netlists/RTL/source code under Commercial, R&D, or Demo licenses.

Product overview

Tannera is an IP design company specializing in wireless communications technology with a portfolio spanning 5G NR and satellite communications. The product portfolio is organized around three main categories: (1) End-to-End RAN Solutions — Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution (with Phluido and Effnet), Server-grade L1, and Embedded L1; (2) RAN Acceleration — 5G RAN FEC Acceleration IP (with DPDK/BBDEV support achieving over 200 Gbps) and OFDM Acceleration IP; and (3) FEC & DSP IP Cores — including 5G NR LDPC Decoder/Encoder IP Cores, DVB-S2(X) Decoder/Encoder IP Cores, and Ancillary L1 IP Cores (BCJR Decoder, AWGN Channel Emulator, Reed-Solomon/BCH). All IP cores deliver market-leading throughput and hardware usage efficiency. Tannera also provides comprehensive services including Custom IP Development, Design Services, Technical Support, Verification/Testing, Prototyping, Training, and flexible Licensing Models (Commercial, DEMO, R&D).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution Pre-integrated, pre-verified, and commercial-ready end-to-end 5G RAN solution developed with Phluido and Effnet. Contains 5G gNB CU, DU, and optional 5G Core, fully containerized for cloud orchestration with DPDK/BBDEV-compliant lookaside UL1 accelerator; supports AI-RAN; target audience is operators and enterprises deploying private 5G networks from small factories to hyperscalers.
• Server-grade L1 Scalable, flexible, and easily reconfigurable software-defined physical layer for RAN infrastructure with pre-integrated PCIe-based acceleration. Platform-agnostic L1 software running on off-the-shelf hardware, co-developed with Phluido for applications from private 5G to hyperscalers and macro cells.
• Embedded L1 Power-efficient RAN physical layer targeting SoC platforms for NTN and small cells, co-developed with Phluido using Tannera's L1 IP cores for efficient SoC architecture at reduced power consumption.
• 5G NR LDPC Decoder IP Core High-throughput LDPC decoder IP core correcting bit errors in 5G NR transmissions, achieving up to 6.04 Gbps coded throughput and 5.51 Gbps information throughput with 73+ Mbps/kLUT efficiency and latency under 10 µs. Supports ASIC and FPGA implementations; target audience is semiconductor and equipment manufacturers integrating 5G NR baseband.
• 5G NR LDPC Encoder IP Core High-speed LDPC encoder IP core for 5G NR channel coding delivering up to 39.2 Gb/s coded throughput with latency under 1 µs. Implements all codes defined in 3GPP TS 38.212 and supports ASIC and FPGA implementations for semiconductor and equipment vendors.
• DVB-S2(X) Decoder IP Core LDPC+BCH decoder IP core for DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X satellite communications achieving up to 5.04 Gbps coded throughput and 4.28 Gbps information throughput with latency under 50 µs. Covered by patent US 12,294,386 B2. Designed for satellite communication OEMs and VSAT/terminal manufacturers.
• DVB-S2(X) Encoder IP Core BCH+LDPC encoder IP core for DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X satellite communications, supporting all codes in ETSI EN 302 307-1 and EN 302 307-2 with coded throughput up to 12.8 Gb/s and AXI4-Stream interfaces. Designed for satellite equipment manufacturers.
• 5G RAN FEC Acceleration IP Hyperscale 5G NR RAN acceleration IP delivering lookaside FEC offload for vRAN physical layer software, achieving over 200 Gbps downlink and 25 Gbps uplink on PCIe Gen4 cards. Fully compliant with 3GPP Rel. 18 (TS 38.212) and O-RAN AAL, with DPDK/BBDEV support and cloud-native virtualization.
• OFDM Acceleration IP FPGA/ASIC-based CP-OFDM modulation/demodulation accelerator for 5G, operating at 400 Msym/s per HW core with latency of 2 OFDM symbols. Features runtime-reconfigurable FFT size, multi-antenna operation, and carrier aggregation support; deployable on PCIe FPGA cards, SoC FPGAs, or ASIC SoCs.
• Ancillary L1 IP Cores Additional PHY IP cores including BCJR Decoder, AWGN Channel Emulator, and Generic Reed-Solomon and BCH encoder/decoder for wireless physical layer applications, offered as part of the IP core catalog to semiconductor and equipment manufacturer customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65%-100% efficiency gain for 5G NR LDPC Decoder compared to other market solutions
• +5 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ArmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2025Arm collaborated with Tannera, Effnet, and Phluido at MWC Barcelona 2025 to present an AI-on-RAN demo featuring the Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution with object detection AI workload. The demo was deployed on Arm Neoverse-N1 CPU cores (Ampere Altra Q80-30). Arm's partnership supports Tannera's go-to-market within the Arm ecosystem and validates the solution on Arm-based server platforms.
• PhluidocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2024Phluido is a key strategic partner in the Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution consortium. Phluido provides Upper-L1 features of 5G gNB DU and L1 software for server-grade and embedded platforms. The partnership delivers a pre-integrated, pre-verified, commercial-ready end-to-end RAN solution built from commercially deployed components. Phluido's software-defined physical layer integrates with Tannera's acceleration technology.
• EffnetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2024Effnet is a key strategic partner in the Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution consortium. Effnet provides 5G gNB CU and L2 features of 5G gNB DU (protocol stack), enabling the full L3, L2, and (upper) L1 functionality in a pre-integrated solution. The consortium combines Effnet's protocol stack expertise with Tannera's UL1 accelerator and Phluido's Upper-L1.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CEVA, Inc. CEVA licenses DSP and communications IP cores (including PHY/baseband) to semiconductor and IoT customers, mirroring Tannera's IP-licensing GTM and PHY/wireless product focus.
• Imagination Technologies: Imagination Technologies licenses DSP and baseband IP for wireless communications, overlapping with Tannera's PHY IP core portfolio and OEM/ODM licensing model.
• AccelerComm: AccelerComm is a direct competitor in 5G NR LDPC encoder/decoder IP and channel coding acceleration, sharing Tannera's core product category, target customer base (semiconductor and RAN equipment vendors), and chip/FPGA delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence offers Tensilica DSP IP and a portfolio of wired/wireless communications IP serving PHY-layer design teams in semiconductor and base-station customers, overlapping with Tannera's PHY IP core business.
• Marvell Technology: Marvell provides baseband and DSP silicon for 5G RAN with internal PHY expertise, making it both a potential customer for and competitor to Tannera's IP in the same OEM design flows.
• Synopsys (DesignWare IP): Synopsys ships DesignWare IP including interface, processor, and wireless PHY IP and is one of the largest semiconductor IP vendors globally, competing with Tannera for FEC/LDPC socket wins at large ASIC customers.
• AMD / Xilinx: AMD/Xilinx bundles FEC and 5G reference designs with its FPGA and SoC platforms, competing with Tannera on PHY acceleration IP and serving many of the same hyperscaler and RAN equipment customers.
• Intel (Network and Edge / Altera): Intel offers FPGA platforms and integrated PHY/baseband assets targeting 5G infrastructure, providing in-house alternatives to Tannera's PHY IP and accelerator IP at large RAN and hyperscaler customers.

Others

• Phluido: Phluido supplies Upper-L1 and L1 software for 5G RAN and is Tannera's strategic consortium partner in the Cloud-native Private 5G RAN Solution, complementing Tannera's UL1 accelerator IP in the same end-to-end solution.

Emerging players

• Picocom: Picocom develops small-cell 5G baseband silicon and reference designs that integrate third-party PHY IP, making it both a complementary partner for L1 accelerators and a competing in-house alternative to standalone IP cores like Tannera's.

Market position

Strengths6 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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