Chips that can support two of the most demanding and high-profile processor use cases – 5G and advanced AI – at the same time have been among the most-hyped technologies of the past year. The company that has achieved the highest recognition among a host of start-ups targeting this dream is EdgeQ, which is now sampling its first products for 5G infrastructure, and claims to have its first design win with “a large North American OEM”, which has committed to productizing the EdgeQ chip. There were no more details about that deal, but the company has released more information about its 5G base station-on-a-chip, which consists of a physical layer (PHY) product with software stack. It is based on an…