Alereon Fills First Advisory Board Positions with Wireless Experts; Drs. Ted Rappaport and Kumar Ganapathy to Provide Technology Expertise.AUSTIN, Texas -- Alereon, a leading fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. developing wireless solutions for the Ultrawideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (W-USB) markets, announced today creation of an advisory board, and the appointment of the board's first two members. The advisory board will support Alereon's executive leadership in the ongoing planning and execution of business and technology development strategy. The Alereon advisory board is a potent mix of proven wireless, semiconductor and business expertise. The following individuals will participate, with additional members to be named later: --Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, P.E., Ph.D.; William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas ; Director, Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG WNCG Wireless Networking and Communications Group (University of Texas at Austin) ). Rappaport is active in numerous entrepreneurial and academic endeavors, as well as domestic and international regulatory bodies, including the Technology Advisory Council for the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. , National Academy of Science, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. and International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. . --Kumar Ganapathy, Ph.D.; Executive in Residence, Artiman Ventures. Previously, Ganapathy was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of VxTel, developer of VoIP DSP processors and subsystems, which was acquired by Intel in 2001. At Intel, he was a Director of Architecture and Engineering in Ultrawideband Networking Operation (UWB) and Edge Access Division (VoIP, 3G BTS) as well as in the CTO office of the Intel Communication Group. Before co-founding VxTel, he was Principal Engineer and Fellow of Conexant and Rockwell Semiconductor leading the development of 56-kbit modems and GSM phones. Ganapathy has published over a dozen papers and has been issued sixteen patents. "I am very pleased to have the benefit of their support and look forward to their counsel," said Eric Broockman, Alereon 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. . "As noted experts in the wireless industry, their guidance will be invaluable as Alereon moves from prototype to production of our first generation products." UWB is a high-speed, low-power wireless technology that aims to make life easier by eliminating the tangle of wires that connects personal computers, audio and video equipment, consumer electronics and mobile devices. Working in conjunction with leading end-equipment manufacturers in these industries, Alereon's products will provide complete solutions for Multi-band OFDM UWB-based applications, including a new wireless version of the Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (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. ). About Alereon, Inc. Alereon, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company providing complete solutions for Certified Wireless USB and WiMedia ultrawideband (UWB) applications. A technology pioneer, Alereon was first to demonstrate a WiMedia PHY running at 480Mbps in October of 2004. Alereon's products promise to replace the complex tangle of wiring used to interconnect today's consumer electronics, computer peripheral, and mobile devices with high-bandwidth, low-power, low-cost wireless links. Further information is available on the company's website: www.alereon.com. |
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