Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 February 2003
Fierce stuff for wireless accord
The recently announced joint collaboration between Philips and General Atomics has been selected as a member of the 802.11 Report's annual list of "The Fiercest 15"
The recently announced joint collaboration between Philips and General Atomics (GA) has been selected as a member of the 802.11 Report's annual list of "The Fiercest 15". This honour designates the collaboration as one of the top wireless networking developments of the year. The 802.11 Report, an internationally recognised e-mail newsletter for the wireless networking market, evaluated more than 350 companies and joint development efforts based on their vision, technological innovation, revenue potential, and competitive position.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 February 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Ultra-wideband (UWB) could not have received better news than the announcement that Philips Electronics and GA will jointly develop UWB chipsets and support the technology's standardisation process", said Ben Frankel, Editor of The 802.11 Report.
"UWB technology is highly scalable with a high data rate and throughput potential, which will bring high-quality wireless streaming media to a variety of consumer applications currently held hostage by wires".
The result of the collaboration between Philips and GA will provide a significant time-to-market advantage for the introduction of UWB chipsets.
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UWB, a high-speed, short-range wireless (WPAN) technology, is ideal for effortlessly transferring digital content between devices in different entertainment and computing clusters in the home, such as digital video recorders, set-top boxes, televisions and personal computing peripherals.
Philips and GA intend to leverage one another's expertise to offer high-performance and cost-effective UWB solutions for consumer and computing applications.
GA will benefit from Philips' leadership in RF and its proven QUBiC semiconductor process technology.
Philips will license GA's wireless communication technology, including its Spectral Keying, an advanced multiband UWB technology.
Together, the focus is to develop wireless communication chipsets for very-high-bitrate networks, up to 480Mbit/s.
"The 802.11 Report is recognised for its advanced understanding of trends and businesses in the emerging wireless networking market", said Phil Pollok, Senior Vice President of Emerging Businesses Unit, Philips Semiconductors.
"Being selected as a member of The Fiercest 15 is an honor and it acknowledges Philips' objective to aggressively maintain its leadership position in wireless innovation".
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