BrightCom and Xilinx Team Up to Develop Bluetooth Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO and SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001 BrightCom(TM) Technologies and Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) today announced a collaboration to jointly develop Bluetooth(TM) solutions based on BrightCom's Bluetooth Application Processors and Xilinx(R) low-cost Spartan(R) Series FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays). This relationship will allow OEMs to rapidly deliver built-to-order, adaptable and flexible Bluetooth solutions. BrightCom's Bluetooth Application Processors and integrated chip and software platforms coupled with Xilinx FPGAs will accelerate time-to-market and allow design engineers to avoid the risks associated with building products in the constantly evolving Bluetooth market. As Bluetooth becomes the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. wireless personal area-networking standard, the deployment of Bluetooth requires protocol translation and interface to multiple bus standards, such as PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. , PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. , Cardbus, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , 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. 1394, Ethernet or proprietary standards. "By teaming with BrightCom, we will enable OEMs to rapidly bring high volume Bluetooth solutions to market," said Robert Bielby, senior director of strategic applications, Xilinx. "Together we will provide the flexibility needed to bridge Bluetooth to the various industry standards, in order to meet changing market needs in a timely and cost effective manner." BrightCom Application Processors account for the fact that real-life applications have different power, baseband, RF performance and memory requirements, depending on the types of devices that will be wirelessly networked. "Xilinx opens the door for BrightCom's Application Processors to be quickly integrated into a variety of new devices," said Yuval Ben Ze'ev, 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. and president, BrightCom. "Through our collaboration with Xilinx, BrightCom will be able to provide OEMs with Bluetooth solution-on-chip platforms that can be optimized for specific wireless applications and connected to virtually any interface." BrightCom Application Processors feature an embedded architecture comprised of a Bluetooth baseband core, complete software protocol stack, profiles and developer-friendly API, as well as hardware interfaces for specific applications. About BrightCom BrightCom is the pioneer of Bluetooth Application Processors -- integrated chip and software platforms that help customers quickly introduce differentiated products. BrightCom introduced the Bluetooth industry's first 100 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. processor, which allows complex Bluetooth applications to be embedded on-chip, eliminating the need for a host processor. Founded in 1998, BrightCom is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a U.S. subsidiary in San Diego. Additional information can be found at www.brightcom.com. About Xilinx Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace, defense, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx Web site at www.xilinx.com. Note to Editors: BrightCom, BrightAPI, IntelliBLUE, the BIC BIC See: Bank Investment Contract product name prefix and the logo design are trademarks of BrightCom Technologies Ltd. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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