3Com Reaffirms CSR Strategic Relationship as CSR Launches Innovative BlueCore2 Solution.Business Editors Bluetooth Developers Conference SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. (Cambridge Silicon Radio) announced today that 3Com, a leader in networking products and solutions, plans to continue their strategic relationship as CSR launches their second-generation BlueCore(TM)2 devices. The relationship, started over a year ago when 3Com selected CSR's BlueCore(TM)01 for their family of PC Cards and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Bluetooth products. "We decided to partner with CSR and chose the BlueCore01 for our first generation of 3Com Bluetooth products because CSR was so far ahead of other chipset vendors," said Rick Maule, vice president and general manager of 3Com's Mobile Connectivity Division. "We look forward to working closely with them on future opportunities as they continue to innovate with their latest BlueCore2 solution." CSR launched BlueCore2 in October, the second generation of its single-chip solution. BlueCore2 offers twice the output power of BlueCore01. This eliminates the requirement for an external switch, balun and LNA LNA Low-Noise Amplifier LNA Locked Nucleic Acid (Link Technologies Ltd.) LNA Linolenic Acid LNA Licensed Nursing Assistant LNA Launch Numerical Aperture LNA Ladies National Association LNA Leading National Advertisers, Inc. to achieve the 10m range required for Class 2 Bluetooth operation. This and the lower cost BlueCore2 silicon, reduces the bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. by approximately $2.25. It is half the size of BlueCore01, available in a 6mm x 6mm BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. package. It is fabricated on a 0.18 micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process and exhibits approximately half the power consumption of its predecessor. BlueCore2 combines CSR's proven silicon with software designed to accelerate Bluetooth adoption in key markets. 3Com is part of a growing list of major international companies including Sony, Compaq, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , LG, ALPS, TDK and Mitsumi, who have already used BlueCore solutions in the development of a range of Bluetooth products. CSR recently announced its 100th design win with BlueCore01 now used in over 62% of all v1.1 qualified, Bluetooth-enabled product designs as listed on the SIG website. About CSR CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specializes in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications, including Bluetooth(TM). The company's mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard CMOS technology, to provide its customers with the lowest cost of ownership of high quality digital radio. CSR was the first company in the world to offer a true single-chip Bluetooth solution with a fully integrated 2.4GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller on one CMOS chip, with its BlueCore(TM)01. Together with external Flash ROM containing the CSR Bluetooth software stack, it provides a fully compliant solution for data and voice communications. Combined with an upper layer host software stack CSR is able to offer a one-stop-shop for customers requiring a complete Bluetooth end-to-end solution. BlueCore01 is now designed into over 62 percent of end-user products qualified to the Bluetooth 1.1 standard as listed on the qualified products page of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. (SIG) website. CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark. More information about CSR can be found at www.csr.com. |
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