Stonestreet One and TransDimension Team to Offer Wireless USB Software.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Stonestreet One and TransDimension have announced a strategic alliance to provide Wireless USB The wireless version of the universal serial bus (USB). Using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, wireless USB is designed to provide the same 480 Mbits/sec data rate as USB 2.0 within two meters (6.6 ft.) or 110 Mbps within 10 meters (33 ft.). software for the emerging Wireless USB market at the Intel Developers Forum being held this week in San Francisco. Stonestreet One, a provider of short range wireless software solutions, and TransDimension, a leading provider of 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. connectivity solutions for embedded applications, are leveraging their strengths to provide a complete Wireless USB software solution. The offering will combine Stonestreet One's implementation of the WiMedia Convergence Architecture and application specific Wireless Management Software, and TransDimension's SoftConnex embedded USB software enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place. In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode both Wireless USB host and Wireless USB peripheral functionality. "We have a lot of experience developing software for various short-range wireless technologies like Bluetooth and ZigBee, but our early involvement with WiMedia and Wireless USB showed us that the best approach to a complete Wireless USB solution was to partner with a leading USB software company," said Tim Reilly, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Stonestreet One. "TransDimension is the perfect partner because of their extensive experience in USB. We are excited about the opportunities ahead of us in Wireless USB." "Today's announcement is an important step towards TransDimension's objective to develop a complete Wireless USB solution," said Joe Meza, TransDimension's vice president of software development. "We are moving aggressively to bring Wireless USB technologies to market in 2005 and are well positioned to do so given our USB expertise, our ability to leverage our existing software and Stonestreet One's wireless software experience." Stonestreet One and TransDimension are exhibiting at the Intel Developers Forum to introduce their Wireless USB software solution to the Wireless USB community. About Stonestreet One Louisville, Kentucky-based Stonestreet One is a leading provider of software and engineering expertise to enable short-distance 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. . It has expertise in a number of short-range wireless technologies, including 802.11, UltraWide Band, Wireless USB, and Zigbee, and is recognized worldwide as a leading provider of Bluetooth software and engineering services. The company's Bluetooth protocol stack, Bluetopia(R), is promoted and used by leading chipmakers, distributors, embedded software companies, and leading OEM's in industries including automotive, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. , aerospace, mobile communications and consumer electronics. Stonestreet One is a Gold Associate Member of the Bluetooth SIG and contributing member in WiMedia Alliance, Wireless USB Group, USB Implementers Forum The USB Implementers Forum, USB-IF, is a non-profit organisation to promote and support the Universal Serial Bus. Its main activities are the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of the specifications, as well as a compliance program. , and the ZigBee Alliance. For more information about Stonestreet One please visit http://www.stonestreetone.com. About TransDimension Headquartered in Irvine, California, TransDimension is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1997 to develop and market connectivity solutions. TransDimension's product lines include the integrated circuits, IP cores and USB software stacks that enable wired and wireless connectivity between a wide range of PC peripheral, consumer electronic and mobile device applications. TransDimension's SoftConnex USB solutions provide the broadest operating system and CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. platform support and the largest library of peripheral class drivers available. More information about TransDimension can be found at http://www.transdimension.com. 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