BSQUARE Launches SDIO Now! V2.2; New Cost-Effective Solution for Enabling Wi-Fi Capability in Smartphones.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- BSQUARE (Nasdaq: BSQR) today launched SDIO See SDIO card. Now! V2.2 which offers OEMs a cost-effective solution for adding two MultiMediaCard (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ), Secure Digital (SD) or Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) cards to converged mobile devices such as smartphones. OEMs can now economically add Wi-Fi capabilities to smartphones and other embedded devices by using an internal SDIO Wi-Fi card while adding a second external expansion slot A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. for high-density memory cards or other SDIO peripherals. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. In-Stat, the market for Wi-Fi enabled mobile PCs, PDAs, and phones will continue to grow at 66.2 CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate , reaching 226.0 million units shipped in 2008. SDIO Now! V2.2 enables OEMs to support two MMC/SD/SDIO slots using the single internal host controller available in either the Intel(R) PXA270 Processor or in the TI OMAP OMAP Office of Medical Assistance Programs (Oregon Department of Human Services) OMAP Open Multimedia Applications Platform (Texas Instruments semiconductor operating system) 850 processor. By eliminating the need for OEMs to add a second host controller chip to support a second slot, SDIO Now! V2.2 lowers device costs and size. "Consumers are demanding Wi-Fi on their cellular devices because it opens the door for applications such Voice Over Wi-Fi Transmitting IP-based telephone calls (VoIP) over a Wi-Fi network. Voice over Wi-Fi (Vo-Fi) provides enhancements to the 802.11 standards for handling the real time environment of voice calls. With a single mode Vo-Fi phone, users can make calls only within a Wi-Fi hotspot. (VoWiFi) that can dramatically lower usage costs. With SDIO Now! V2.2, BSQUARE continues to provide leadership and innovation by enabling OEMs to more cost effectively address customer requirements," said Pawan Gupta, Vice President of Products, BSQUARE. SDIO Now! continues to offer optimized performance when compared with other Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. software stacks. For example, SDIO V2.2 offers Fast Path technology, which boosts system throughput, a critical measure of Wi-Fi performance, by up to 200%. "We are excited about the way software solution providers like BSQUARE have found ways to enhance the Intel(R) PXA2XX Processor offerings. SDIO V2.2 enables OEMs to take advantage of the broad peripheral set available with the Intel(R) PXA270 Processor," said Scott McCormack, Embedded Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . This solution from BSQUARE will give our customers the ability to add more features and functionality to their devices for a lower cost." SDIO Now! V2.2 for Windows CE will ship in Q1 2006. About BSQUARE BSQUARE is a software solution provider to the global embedded device community. Committed to delivering quality, lowering project risk and cost as well as time to market, our teams collaborate with smart device makers at any stage in their device development. Our solution portfolio includes software and hardware development, systems integration services, reference designs, board support packages, middleware, and applications. As a full service provider, device makers can also license best-in-class software products and operating systems. Since 1994, BSQUARE has completed hundreds of successful projects and has become a trusted partner to smart device makers worldwide. For more information about BSQUARE, visit its website at www.bsquare.com. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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