Bluetake's Printer and Fax Dongles Take CSR's BlueCore.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2002 CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. (Cambridge Silicon Radio) today announced that BlueCore, its single-chip Bluetooth solution, has been chosen by Taiwan-based Bluetake. BlueCore is being used in its v1.1 qualified Class 1 and 2 Bluetooth 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. dongles, BT009 and BT007. The two USB adapters allow printers, faxes, desktop or laptop PCs to be Bluetooth-enabled easily and cheaply. BlueCore was selected for the designs, which are both BQB BQB Bluetooth Qualification Body BQB Bioengineering Quiz Bowl (BMES) BQB Brother's Quality Bakery (Kearny, NJ) approved, because of its small footprint, low cost and ease of integration. Bluetake expects to be selling the new dongles in Q3 2002, at which time they will go on sale in Taiwan, other parts of Asia, Europe and the United States. Bluetooth dongles are seen as a vital solution to Bluetooth-enabled existing desktop and laptop PCs, as well as to a variety of peripherals, which have USB ports -- all of which could benefit from a wireless connection. The Bluetooth market is growing quickly and future generations of computers and peripherals are expected to have Bluetooth chips embedded into their designs. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile however, the market for USB dongles is likely to be a big one. The dongles have a maximum data rate of 721 Kbps and support the full Bluetooth frequency hopping range of 2.4GHz to 2.483GHz. BT009 is a Class 2 dongle The term was originally slang for a "hardware key." Today, the term is often used to refer to any small adapter that has a short cable with connectors at both ends. See hardware key and PC Card dongle. (10 meter range) and is a small 63x23x10mm, weighing only 16g. BT007 is a Class 1 dongle with a range of 100 meters. The compact size and full feature set of the Bluetake USB dongles are made possible by CSR's BlueCore single-chip Bluetooth solution. Ming Chen, vice president, Bluetake commented, "CSR has the best product and the most experience in Bluetooth silicon, it was an easy choice for us to select BlueCore for Bluetake modules." About CSR CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specializes in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications, including Bluetooth(TM). The company's mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard 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, to provide its customers with the lowest cost of ownership of high quality digital radio. CSR was the first company in the world to offer a true single-chip Bluetooth solution with BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, base-band and micro-controller. In Q4 2001 CSR released BlueCore2, its second generation family, and offer developed hardware/software bundles for each of the fastest growing Bluetooth applications markets. Users can combine the chips with the CSR Bluetooth software stack to provide a fully compliant solution for data and voice communications or, used with an upper layer host software stack, CSR is able to offer a complete Bluetooth end-to-end solution. CSR has a growing list of major international companies including Microsoft Corp., Samsung, Sony, Compaq, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Fujitsu, LG, ALPS Alps, great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the borders of N Italy and adjacent regions of SE France, Switzerland, SW Germany, and , TDK TDK Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Council) TDK The Dark Knights (gaming clan) TDK Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo KK (TDK Electronics Co. Ltd. , 3Com, Mitsumi, Siemens and Motorola, who have already used CSR's BlueCore in the development of a range of Bluetooth products. In fact, up to the end of 2001, 70% of available pre-qualified modules, as listed on the qualified products page 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. (SIG) web site, feature BlueCore and it is in 57% of all qualified Bluetooth v1.1 enabled end product designs. CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark. More information about CSR can be found on the web site at www.csr.com. About Bluetake Bluetake Technology Co., Ltd., a Taiwan-based company, is a prevailing provider of integrating Bluetooth short-range wireless solution to worldwide consumer market. The ultimate aim of Bluetake is to introduce and popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. diverse Bluetooth devices into people's life, not only for unrestrained wireless connections among tangible peripherals but also for unburdened manipulations by people. Bluetake is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, China; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore and the United States. More information about Bluetake can be found on the web site at www.bluetake.com |
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