ACER LABS LICENSES BLUETOOTH RADIO TECHNOLOGY FROM NEWLOGIC.Acer Laboratories Inc., one of the world's leading provider of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , has signed an agreement with NewLogic Technologies AG, a leading supplier of Bluetooth intellectual property (IP) cores, in which the company will license NewLogic's BOOST Radio and BOOST Software products. The deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, enables Acer Labs to integrate a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth 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. radio transceiver in its chips and chip sets. NewLogic's BOOST IP family includes a Bluetooth baseband processor, a full software protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). and a CMOS radio. These IP elements, when combined with a suitable microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. core, permit the implementation of a single-chip Bluetooth solution using industry standard CMOS process technologies. These cores provide the building blocks for system-on-a-chip designs and help bring customers' end products to market faster. "An integrated Bluetooth radio transceiver using CMOS process technology is the key to providing low cost single chip Bluetooth solutions," said Mr. Hsu Hsi-Yuan, Vice President at Acer Labs in Taiwan. "NewLogic's BOOST Radio TM offers excellent performance without the need to use expensive BiCMOS or SiGe process technologies," he added. "We are proud to be able to add Acer Labs to our growing list of customers," said Hans-Peter Metzler, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of NewLogic. "The fact that Acer Labs is adding Bluetooth technology to its product portfolio will accelerate the adoption of the Bluetooth standard worldwide." Bluetooth wireless technology is the new cordless standard adopted by more than 2000 companies throughout the world to link portable devices to mobile phones and PCs. It has spurred an unprecedented enthusiasm within the PC and communications industries. Its promises of small size, low-cost and interoperability have fuelled a burst of new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. and application possibilities. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion