CSR Module Partner Program Enables Fast and Reliable Route to Bluetooth Integration; New Web Site Provides Resource Base for Bluetooth Designers.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers Bluetooth Developers Conference SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 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 the launch of its module partner program, a sixth category in its successful partner program. Already signed to the new program are 11 module suppliers, between them providing a wide range of pre-engineered, qualified modules based on CSR's BlueCore Bluetooth single-chip. Modules from all 11 module suppliers will be available in sample quantities on-line from CSR's new web site www.btdesigner.com, significantly aiding designers with their new project developments. This site will go live on December 17, 2001. The new website is a first point of reference for Bluetooth designers with comprehensive information on each of these modules, supplying customers with a simple way to evaluate alternatives. The site also contains an in-depth Bluetooth information section with technical data; white papers; useful reference books and web links; forthcoming events; standards; a glossary of terms; market research data; test and qualification information; development kits which can also be ordered on-line; recommended third-party design houses; test equipment recommendations; and even commercially available end-products for interoperability testing. Partners already signed to CSR's module partner program include: 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 (Japan), Ambit (Taiwan), BlueWinc (Korea), GemTek (Taiwan), Integra Telecom Integra Telecom, Inc.[1] is a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier, dedicated to providing a better choice for businesses in eight western states. (Korea), LG Innotek (Korea), Mitsumi (Japan), Samsung Electro-Mechanics  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Co., Ltd. (Korea), Uniwill (Taiwan), USI (Taiwan) and Zenocom (Korea). "Pre-qualified Bluetooth radio modules are an attractive option for customers developing Bluetooth products, particularly for companies without an in-house RF design or test capability, and are certainly the fastest route to market," said Clive Chelsom-Pill, partner program manager, CSR. "CSR, together with its module program partners, can now offer a range of modules for every target application, each enabling Bluetooth development time and costs to be minimized. Backed by our unrivalled customer support, integration of Bluetooth into end products has never been easier." "With over 70% of all qualified Bluetooth modules containing CSR's BlueCore chip, and a wide range of module suppliers involved, CSR's program incorporates the broadest selection of the industry's module offerings," continued Chelsom-Pill. Customers choosing a CSR based module also benefit from access to CSR's pre-engineered solutions to different Bluetooth applications. "Bundled products such as BlueCore2-PC, BlueCore2-PDA, BlueCore2-Mobile and BlueCore2-Access when combined with pre-engineered modules from CSR's module partners provide rapid for development and short time to money for Bluetooth products, vital in the current business climate," said Chelsom-Pill. About CSR CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specializes in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , 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 a fully integrated 2.4GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller on one CMOS chip, with its BlueCore(TM)01. 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 (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. , it provides a fully compliant solution for data and voice communications. Combined with an upper layer host software stack CSR is able to offer a one-stop-shop for customers requiring a complete Bluetooth end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. . BlueCore01 is now designed into over 62 percent of end-user products qualified to the Bluetooth 1.1 standard 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) website. CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices 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. , Tokyo, Japan, Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark. More information about CSR can be found at www.csr.com. |
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