Renesas Technology and Key Stream to Collaborate on Wireless LAN Solutions.-- Renesas Technology Renesas Technology Corporation (ルネサス テクノロジ| Invests in Key Stream -- TOKYO -- Renesas Technology Corp. today announced an agreement to invest in Key Stream Corporation, a provider of wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area chipsets, and to collaborate in the field of wireless LAN solutions. As the trend in networked mobile devices continues to grow, there is strong demand for wireless LAN solutions with reduced power consumption and lower cost. Renesas Technology possesses the world's leading manufacturing capability of microcontrollers (MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users ) and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) technology, which has been applied to products for the mobile, digital consumer electronics, and automotive fields. For its part, Key Stream is strong in wireless LAN chipsets that are the most advanced of their kind and provide ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
VoIP Mobile requires a mobile handset that supports, at minimum, high speed IP communications. handsets.1 The collaboration between Renesas and Key Stream will combine the strengths of the two companies and enable to deliver wireless LAN solutions that meet the ever more demanding requirements of the consumer electronics industry. Initially, the companies will supply wireless LAN solutions for the consumer electronics market by combining Renesas' extensive portfolio of SoC and MCU products with Key Stream's wireless LAN chipsets. In the next stage, they will utilize Renesas' high-frequency and SoC technology to develop advanced SoC products with built-in wireless LAN functionality and single-chip products specifically for wireless LAN applications. Renesas and Key Stream are also planning to jointly develop IP supporting next-generation wireless standards. Shiro Baba, managing officer and general manager of the system solution business group at Renesas Technology said, "Mobile, consumer electronics, and automotive are key fields for Renesas, and the demand for wireless LAN functionality is increasing in these fields. Renesas Technology is currently working to offer total solutions based on the comprehensive EXREAL Platform[TM].2 By embedding low-power wireless LAN technology from Key Stream into this platform from Renesas, we will be able to deliver large-scale SoC-based wireless LAN solutions to market much faster." Takayuki Kobayashi, president of Key Stream, characterized the agreement in these terms: "The field of wireless LAN in embedded devices has come to embrace a broad range of products, including audio devices and game machines. The market for such products is growing steadily. By combining Renesas ' broad portfolio of MCU and SoC products, as well as their advanced high-frequency and semiconductor design technology, with low-power wireless LAN technology from Key Stream Corporation, we will be able to deliver solutions with higher added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
About Renesas Technology Corp. Renesas Technology Corp. is one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV (Audio Visual) markets and the world's No.1 supplier of microcontrollers. It is also a leading provider of LCD Driver ICs, Smart Card microcontrollers, RF-ICs, High Power Amplifiers, Mixed Signal ICs, System-on-Chip (SoC), System-in-Package (SiP) and more. Established in 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIT) and Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 Corporation (TOKYO:6503), Renesas Technology achieved consolidated revenue of 906 billion JPY JPY In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Japanese Yen. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. in FY2005 (end of March 2006). Renesas Technology is based in Tokyo, Japan and has a global network of manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 26,200 employees worldwide. For further information, please visit http://www.renesas.com Overview of Key Stream Corporation Key Stream Corporation was established in December 2000 with the goal of developing and marketing wireless LAN chipsets. In the intervening years it has developed and brought to market wireless LAN communication processors supporting the 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. 802.11a, 11b, and 11g standards and RF chips. Key Stream supplies wireless LAN chipsets featuring wireless LAN communication processors with embedded CPUs and the company's exclusive low-power technology, mainly for mobile embedded applications. Key Stream is unique in providing a comprehensive range of services including LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. design; firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. , driver, and application development; reference designs using chipsets; and consulting. http://www.keystream.co.jp/en/index.html
Notes: 1. Mobile phones, smartphones, and PDAs that provide outgoing
and incoming VoIP calling functionality by utilizing
wireless LAN networks. VoIP is a technology for sending and
receiving audio data over TCP/IP networks such as the
Internet or intranets.
2. A "mother platform" developed by Renesas Technology that is
used to deliver platforms optimized for specific
applications.
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