Blue7 Communications Introduces Windeo Chipset and Announces Availability of Windeo RF: The World's First High Speed, MBOA-compliant UWB RF IC in CMOS Technology.MILPITAS, Calif. & TOKYO -- The Low Cost Multi-Band OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. Transceiver Chipset in 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. Technology is Targeted for the Consumer Electronics, Digital Entertainment, and Mobile Devices Markets Blue7 Communications, a pioneer in Ultra Wideband (UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and ) semiconductor products, today introduced its Windeo(TM) Chipset and announced the limited availability of the Windeo(TM) RF IC, a RF transmitter and receiver for UWB frequencies. The Windeo(TM) Chipset enables the next generation of Consumer Electronics products such as HDTVs, DVD players, Set-Top boxes, Digital Cameras, and PDAs with broadband wireless capability. The Windeo(TM) Chipset is comprised of two devices: the Windeo(TM) RF IC (B7CW100) and the Windeo(TM) Baseband IC (B7CW200) with an integrated PHY See physical layer and physical. , MAC and embedded 32-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. core. Blue7 Communications provides a total solution to customers including chipset, software and reference design boards. "Our vision is to work with consumer electronics companies to facilitate the concept of the Wireless-and-Digital Home(TM). Imagine an environment where all multimedia devices in the house are connected without wires," said Hung Nguyen, 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 Blue7 Communications. "The Windeo(TM) Chipset with patent-pending technologies can deliver, with superior quality, multiple audio/video streams to digital entertainment and mobile systems over highly reliable wireless connections." "We are extremely excited about being the first vendor to deliver an UWB RF IC on a CMOS process," said Shinji Inoue, Blue7's VP of Business Development. "It gives our customers a time-to-market advantage as they launch their UWB-enabled products." The Windeo(TM) RF IC is compliant with the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA MBOA Multiband OFDM Alliance MBOA Manitoba Building Officials Association MBOA Maryland Building Officials Association MBOA Matthews Boat Owners Association MBOA Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Algorithm MBOA Mayor and Board of Aldermen MBOA Mr. ) v0.9 specification. The IC supports three bands, centered at 3.43 GHz, 3.96 GHz, and 4.48 GHz, with a spectrum spread of 528 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. each. The Windeo(TM) RF IC is packaged in a small footprint 84-pin leadless Bump Chip Carrier (BCC) and supports data rates up to 480 Mbps. The Windeo(TM) RF IC with a part number B7CW100 is being sampled to key customers in October and is scheduled for a production ramp in the second quarter of the year 2005. About Blue7 Communications Blue7 Communications is a semiconductor company that develops wireless System-on-a-Chip ICs for the Consumer Electronics, Digital Entertainment, and Mobile Devices markets. Blue7 is focused on servicing the burgeoning and promising Ultra Wideband markets and currently has customers and partners evaluating their devices. Founded in 2002, Blue7 has a team of experienced executives and talented engineers, with expertise in RF, Mixed-Signal, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , wireless communications, signal processing, firmware and software development. The team has an impressive record of delivering products to market quickly. Blue7 Communications is an official Contributor Member of the MBOA-SIG. Blue7 has offices located in California, USA and Tokyo, Japan. |
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