XtremeSpectrum Demonstrates Industry's First Wireless Broadcast of Multiple HDTV Streams.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2003 International CES LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003 Ultra-wideband Wireless Technology Enables Multiple, Simultaneous HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates Streams to 80-inch, 50-inch Displays XtremeSpectrum, the leading provider of ultra-wideband chipsets, debuted here, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the first-ever wireless streaming of multiple high definition television (HDTV) streams to two separate large screen displays, underscoring the focus on wireless display products at this year's show. The demonstration was done using XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband wireless technology, which was announced in June 2002, and is now being integrated into multimedia-centric consumer electronics products by leading consumer electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. "Ultra-wideband offers tremendous potential for multimedia-centric products, such as displays, DVDs, digital video recorders See DVR. , set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. and digital cameras," said Martin Rofheart, 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. of XtremeSpectrum. "Unlike other wireless technologies, such as 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. 802.11b/a/g or Bluetooth, ultra-wideband is the only wireless technology that is capable of handling multiple streams of digital video, and, as shown here today, multiple HDTV streams, with a quality level equivalent to a wired system. This becomes increasingly important as the industry shifts to HDTV and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2HD formats over the next four years and consumers demand wireless products to keep their home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. systems uncluttered and easily reconfigured/repositioned." "Large screen wireless displays--whether they are LCD, plasma or DLP--represent the 'next big thing' in home theater products," said Tim Bajarin, president of Campbell, Calif.-based Creative Strategies. "Consumers would like the flexibility of a wireless display, having the freedom to move the display or hang it on a wall without large cables connecting it to the set-top box or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , but with HDTV and MPEG2HD formats so large there haven't been any technologies available to wirelessly stream that much data. Now, with the availability of XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband technology, large screen wireless displays are a reality and will be the core of the next-generation home theater environment." About the Demonstration Today's technology exhibition represents the first time any system has been able to wirelessly stream multiple HDTV signals and the first HDTV demonstration using XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). Trinity. XtremeSpectrum's Trinity chipset, introduced in June, has an aggregate data rate of 100 Mbps and is easily capable of transmitting multiple streams of digital video and audio within the typical North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. residential environment. As important, the multiple streams of video, enabled by Trinity, offer true "wire-like" performance while co-existing with an 802.11b/a system, a microwave oven, a cellular/PCS phone and a cordless phone--all in simultaneous operation Noun 1. simultaneous operation - the simultaneous execution of two or more operations parallel operation operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a . "Wireless in the home has been waiting to take the leap into entertainment devices, and ultra-wideband has the potential to take wireless home networking to this next level," said Gemma Paulo, senior analyst of enterprise and residential communications at Scottsdale, AZ-based In-Stat/MDR. "XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband solution was designed specifically for wireless multimedia streaming and is based, in part, on the evolving IEEE 802.15.3 standard, the next-generation wireless PAN standard. This technology promises bandwidths and quality of service that no other wireless technology has been able to offer the market." The desire for wireless connectivity between consumer electronic devices has been great, but, to date, there hasn't been a technology that could simultaneously deliver the consumer market's three critical criteria: low price, low power and high data rate with wire-like quality. And, the increased bandwidth that HDTV and the emerging MPEG2HD (25+ Mbps) formats require are placing even greater demands on the manufacturers of consumer electronic products. Indeed, HDTV is mandated by 2006, which means set-top box and TV manufacturers are beginning now to undertake efforts to support that standard in their technology choices. XtremeSpectrum introduced its Trinity ultra-wideband chipset in June 2002, representing the first commercial ultra-wideband chipset available and the only wireless chipset to achieve 100 Mbps data rate. Previously, ultra-wideband had been used in military and government radar applications under special license from the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ). An historic ruling by the FCC in February 2002 allowed for the commercial use of ultra-wideband in communications applications, and XtremeSpectrum became the first manufacturer to offer product just a few months later. XtremeSpectrum began sampling its semiconductor chipsets in Q3 2002 and currently has customers developing displays, set-top boxes and digital cameras using XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband products. About Ultra-wideband Technology Ultra-wideband is a wireless technology that transmits an extremely low power signal over a wide swath of radio spectrum. Unlike conventional radio systems that operate within a relatively narrow bandwidth, i.e. Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, ultra-wideband operates across a wide range of frequency spectrum by transmitting a series of very narrow and low power pulses. The combination of broader spectrum, lower power and pulsed data means that ultra-wideband causes less interference than conventional narrowband radio solutions, and delivers wire-like performance in an indoor wireless environment. This makes ultra-wideband technology ideal for consumer electronics applications that are increasingly multimedia-rich in content. About XtremeSpectrum Founded in 1998, XtremeSpectrum Inc. is the leading provider of ultra-wideband solutions for the multimedia connectivity industry. Leveraging its patented bi-phase modulation approach, XtremeSpectrum's ultra-wideband digital radios allow multimedia-centric devices, such as displays, set-top boxes, laptops, DVDs, video recorders See DVR, DVD-R and DVD drives. and digital cameras, to send and receive multiple streams of digital video, audio and data wirelessly, all at extremely low price points and power consumption levels--levels that cannot be reached by existing solutions. XtremeSpectrum serves customers in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and consumer electronic, OEM PC, PC-peripheral manufacturing, and wireless networking See wireless network. ODM/OEM spaces. For more information about the company, please call 703/269-3000 or visit http://www.xtremespectrum.com. XtremeSpectrum is a trademark of XtremeSpectrum Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. XSB-015 |
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