Wireless USB Promoter Group Selects WiMedia Radio Platform for Wireless Ultra-Wideband Personal Area Networks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
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.). Expected to Spur Broad Adoption of the WiMedia Radio Platform The WiMedia Alliance (WiMedia Alliance, Inc., San Ramon, CA, www.wimedia.org) A membership organization founded in 2002 that is devoted to the development of short-range, ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission. announced today that the Wireless USB Promoter Group has agreed to use the WiMedia(TM) ultra-wideband radio platform as the foundation for its first wireless implementation 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. . The WiMedia Alliance is currently completing its specifications for a common radio abstraction layer Software that translates a high-level request into the low-level commands required to perform the operation. The most common abstraction layer is the programming interface (API) between an application and the operating system. for wireless personal area networks (WPANs) optimized for multimedia and other high-bandwidth applications. The pervasiveness of USB technologies that enable computers, peripherals and personal entertainment device connectivity today will be a major factor for the growth of ultra-wideband and the success of Wireless USB. "We see Wireless USB as a big accelerator for the WiMedia Alliance's efforts to bring the benefits of ultra-wideband to consumers," said Glyn Roberts, President of the WiMedia Alliance. "Many of the leaders of the Wireless USB Promoter Group, including Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , are also participating in WiMedia development and there's recognized value in adopting a common underlying platform." The WiMedia Radio Platform is a software layer that provides a foundation upon which higher layer networking solutions such as Wireless USB can be built. The Wireless USB Promoter Group's selection of the WiMedia Radio Platform for ultra-wideband WPANs advances WiMedia toward its goal of providing connectivity-level coexistence. "The WiMedia Radio Platform meets our objective of using industry standards to ensure coexistence with other ultra-wideband-based connectivity solutions," said Jeff Ravencraft, Intel Technology Strategist and USB-IF Chairman. WiMedia's Radio Platform is designed to enable robust connectivity among PC, consumer electronic and mobile ultra-wideband devices. WiMedia expects to be the wireless radio of choice for other established and emerging high data-rate solutions as they move into the wireless world. It will enable multiple connectivity standards to share ultra-wideband spectrum and provides peaceful coexistence Peaceful coexistence was a theory developed during the Cold War among Communist states that they could peacefully coexist with capitalist states. This was in contrast to theories, such as those implied by some interpretations of antagonistic contradiction, that Communism and among different industry initiatives. WiMedia Alliance Promoter Members include Alereon, Inc., Appairent Technologies, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Philips, Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Company, Sharp Laboratories of America, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . If you are interested in becoming a WiMedia member or learning more about the WiMedia Alliance and its mission, visit the WiMedia Alliance website at www.wimedia.org. About the WiMedia Alliance The WiMedia Alliance (www.wimedia.org) is a not-for-profit open industry association formed to promote personal area wireless connectivity and interoperability among multimedia devices in a networked environment. The Alliance develops and adopts standards-based specifications for connecting wireless multimedia devices including, but not limited to, application, transport, and control profiles; test suites; and a certification program to accelerate widespread consumer adoption of "wire-free" imaging and multimedia solutions. |
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