Atmel Joins WECA Ensuring its Customers Interoperability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ), a worldwide leader designing, manufacturing and marketing advanced semiconductors, including advanced logic, nonvolatile memory See non-volatile memory. , mixed signal and RF 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. , today announced its membership in the newly formed Wireless Ethernet The standard for wireless networking within a home or office. Also known as a "Wi-Fi" or "802.11" network, wireless Ethernet is the wireless counterpart to regular, wired Ethernet, which is also the standard for local networks. See 802.11 and wireless LAN. Compatibility Alliance (WECA See Wi-Fi Alliance. ). WECA, founded by 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , Aironet, Intersil, Nokia, Lucent Technologies, Symbol Technologies and Wayport, was formed to help ensure global, high-speed wireless LAN compatibility and interoperability in the enterprise, small office and home. Since its formation in 1999, membership has raised to thirty-six companies. These companies through WECA have aligned in order to support and adopt the 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. 802.11b High Rate (HR), 11 Mbps, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) See spread spectrum. ) standard that uses the 2.4 GHz ISM band. "WECA is dedicated to supporting the worldwide adoption of the IEEE 802.11b High Rate standard by certifying interoperability of wireless networking products, regardless of the manufacturer or brand," said Nick Kanopoulos, director of Multimedia and Communications. "With a family of three Media Access Controllers (MACs) to support a range of equipment options for HR WLANs, we are aiming to safeguard the investment of our customers and promote the IEEE 802.11b standard globally by announcing that Atmel Corporation has joined WECA." WECA members ensure true multi-vendor interoperability among IEEE 802.11b High Rate wireless LAN products by submitting their products for interoperability testing to Silicon Valley Networking Lab, Inc. (SVNL SVNL Silicon Valley Networking Lab SVNL Suomen Voimanostoliitto Ry (Finland) ). Products that pass are granted the WECA (Wi-Fi) seal of approval. This seal of approval ensures that products bearing this logo will be compatible and interoperable with each other. "As the market of high-speed wireless LAN-based voice, data and multimedia systems is rapidly growing," said Phil Belanger, WECA Chairman, "we are excited that Atmel Corporation has decided to join WECA to help promote the international adoption of the IEEE 802.11b High Rate for WLANs." About WECA The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b High Rate) products and to promote Wi-Fi as the global wireless LAN standard across all market segments. WECA has defined a test suite that defines how member products are tested to certify they are interoperable with other vendor products. An independent test lab, The Silicon Valley Networking Lab, Inc., (www.svnl.com) conducts the testing. When a product successfully passes the test, the company is granted the Wi-Fi seal of interoperability and may display the Wi-Fi logo on that product and its corresponding collateral material. Consumers are assured that any product bearing the Wi-Fi logo will work with other Wi-Fi products. Membership in WECA is open to all companies who support Wi-Fi, the standard for 2.4 GHz wireless LAN products, including any manufacturer that would like to submit its Wi-Fi based product for interoperability testing. The WECA board of directors is composed of representatives from WECA sponsor companies: 3Com, Cisco, Intersil, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Symbol Technologies and Wayport. For more information, please visit www.wi-fi.org. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Irving, Texas; Grenoble, Nantes and Rousset, France and Heilbronn, Germany. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets on a worldwide basis advanced logic, mixed-signal, non-volatile memory, and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system level integration semiconductor solutions using advanced 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. , BiCMOS, Bipolar and SiGe process technologies. Atmel product and financial information are available from its Fax-on-Demand service. In North America call 800/292-8635 or Internationally, call 408/441-0732. Requests may be made via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's web site at www.atmel.com. |
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