[sitkack]

There are things (anti-things?) you want and there are the things the market provides.

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/analog-devices-inc...

The AD9361 is exactly that all purpose programmable radio.

http://www.analog.com/en/products/rf-microwave/integrated-tr...

https://zeptobars.com/en/read/AD9361-SDR-Analog-Devices-DAC-...

[bsder]

With a receive and transmit current in the range of 1/4 to 1/2 an ampere.

Not going to make many portable radios out of that, methinks.

[sitkack]

That is what RF amplifiers are for. The output current for an IC that already does SDR is huge. I think you are at the limits of what you can reliably critique.