Agere Systems Licenses Bluetooth IP from NewLogic.Business Editors LUSTENAU, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001 IP Licensing Deal Paves Way for New Cost-Effective Bluetooth Chips and Chipsets NewLogic, a leading supplier of Bluetooth intellectual property cores, today announced a licensing deal with Agere Systems Agere Systems Inc. was an integrated circuit components company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. Effective April 2, 2007, it was merged into LSI Corporation. , the world leader in communications components, for Bluetooth baseband IP products. The agreement will enable Agere to embed NewLogic's BOOST IP core into Bluetooth baseband processors and also combine Bluetooth baseband functionality with other IP to create system-level IC products for cellular phones. Agere is licensing NewLogic's BOOST Core(TM) and BOOST Software(TM). The BOOST(TM) IP family includes a Bluetooth baseband processor, a full Bluetooth 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 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. These IP elements, when combined with a suitable microcontroller core, permit the implementation of a single chip Bluetooth solution using industry standard CMOS process technologies. "Licensing Bluetooth baseband IP is an essential part of our product strategy to offer customers complete system solutions," said Stan Swearingen, General Manager of Agere's Personal Wireless Solutions product group. "NewLogic's second-generation Bluetooth baseband IP core best meets our exacting requirements for robustness, quality and efficiency," he added. "We are particularly proud to be able to add Agere, one of the nine promoters 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. to our ever 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 combination of Agere's systems and radio expertise and NewLogic's baseband know-how will pave the way for new low-cost, high-performance Bluetooth chips and chipsets." With a focus on providing complete Bluetooth solutions for communications applications such as cellular phones, Agere selected NewLogic's BOOST IP family because it meets a number of critical design demands including small size, the ability to integrate into current and future platforms, and scalability depending on the specific application. Agere expects to introduce products incorporating BOOST IP in the first quarter of 2002. Bluetooth wireless technology is the new cordless standard adopted by more than 2,400 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. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. About Agere Systems Agere Systems is the world's No.1 provider of components for communications applications with leadership in optical components and 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. . This dual capability uniquely positions Agere to deliver integrated solutions that form the building blocks for advanced wired, wireless, and optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. networks. Agere also designs and manufactures a wide range of semiconductor solutions used in electronic devices including cellular phones, modems, and hard disk drives for personal computers and workstations. In addition, the company supplies complete wireless computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. solutions through the ORiNOCO(TM) product line. More information about Agere Systems is available from its Web site at http://www.agere.com. About NewLogic Technologies NewLogic, headquartered in Lustenau, Austria, is a leading provider of intellectual property and IC design services. Its comprehensive IP portfolio includes embedded non-volatile memory, DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive , mixed signal and RF cores for the communications, information and automotive electronics markets. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and licensed to NewLogic. For more details of the BOOST(TM) system, or NewLogic's design and IP services, please contact: |
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