Brain Boxes Second Bluetooth Product Using CSR's BlueCore Achieves Qualification; 48% of All Qualified Bluetooth End Products Use BlueCore.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers BLUETOOTH CONGRESS, Monaco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001 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 its BlueCore(TM)01 single-chip Bluetooth solution is the basis of the second Brain Boxes(TM) product to achieve qualification from the Bluetooth Qualification Body (BQB BQB Bluetooth Qualification Body BQB Bioengineering Quiz Bowl (BMES) BQB Brother's Quality Bakery (Kearny, NJ) ). The recently launched BL-565 Bluetooth Type 1 Compact Flash Card has been developed to enable wireless communication between PC's and portable devices such as handheld PC's, laptops and PDA's. 48 percent of all qualified Bluetooth end products as listed on the SIG website contain BlueCore. Stephen Evans, marketing manager of Brain Boxes, said, "CSR's proven track record and engineering support make it an ideal partner for Brain Boxes. Using BlueCore has helped us to become one of just a handful of companies to secure Bluetooth qualification for two PC based products." The Type 1 Compact Flash Card, supports full Bluetooth 1.0b data rates and is compatible with Microsoft's Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The design incorporates CSR's BlueCore01, which is manufactured on an industry standard low-cost 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. process. BlueCore is also capable of running the full Bluetooth protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). on-chip, eliminating additional overhead on the host processor. An integrated application layer provides users with the flexibility to run Bluetooth applications on-chip, in a stand-alone mode, without a host processor. Previous joint projects between the two companies include Brain Boxes incorporation of CSR's BlueCore01 as the basis for its Bluetooth PC card and the demonstration of a working Bluetooth vending machine vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. with Microsoft at WinHEC, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in March 2001. The same vending machine will also be demonstrated at this Bluetooth Congress 2001 in Monaco. About CSR Based in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. , CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specializes in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range radio communications, including Bluetooth. The company's mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard CMOS technology, to provide its customers with the low cost of ownership of high quality digital radio. CSR was the first company to offer a fully integrated 2.4GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller Bluetooth solution on one CMOS chip, with its BlueCore(TM)01. CSR's BlueCore01 is the world's first true single-chip Bluetooth solution. Together with external Flash ROM Another term for flash memory. Since flash chips can be updated over and over, the ROM (read only) designation is somewhat misleading. "ROM" is used more to mean not volatile than not changeable. See flash memory. Flash ROM - Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory containing the CSR Bluetooth software stack, it provides a fully compliant Bluetooth solution for data and voice communications. The design is optimized to require very few external RF components to facilitate a rapid design of the motherboard, and therefore reduce time to market and lower overall cost. More information about CSR can be found on its Web site at www.csr.com. About Brain Boxes Limited Brain Boxes is a designer and manufacturer of PC data communications hardware. Since 1984, substantial investments in both R&D and manufacturing expertise have gained Brain Boxes a reputation for products that are easy-to-use, highly configurable, and extremely reliable. In January Brain Boxes became one of only 50 companies worldwide to have a Bluetooth(a) SIG qualified product with its Bluetooth PCMCIA card. This was followed by the Type I Bluetooth Compact Flash card, and will shortly be joined by the company's 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. and RS232 dongles. The company's mission is to provide innovative, small form factor PC data communication products, for large volume niche markets. It continually uses its expertise to provide 'Perfect Fit, Custom Design' solutions for customers. (a) Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Brain Boxes Limited under license. |
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