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JULY 5th, 2005
Broadcom Passes 50 Million Wi-Fi Chipset Milestone
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) has reported that it has shipped over
50 million Wi-Fi chipsets, of which the majority have been the high-end 54g variety. The company also reported that over 200
million Wi-Fi products have been sold throughout the world.
According to Robert A. Rango, Senior Vice President & General Manager
of Broadcom's Mobile & Wireless Group, "Since Broadcom introduced 54g Wi-Fi chipsets in November 2002, the technology
has sold more than any other Wi-Fi solution on the market. We continue to drive the industry with innovations that enable
our partners to maintain their market leadership positions and address the emerging needs of home and business users. Our
SecureEasySetup software is a current example of Broadcom technology that will foster continued growth of Wi-Fi devices."
Current Broadcom Wi-Fi partners include Acer, Apple, Asus, Belkin, Buffalo,
Dell, Gateway/eMachines, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, Linksys, Netgear and US Robotics.
MAY 4th, 2005
QuickLogic Optimizes FPGAs for Atheros WiFi Chip Solution
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), a fabless low-power FPGA company,
through a working arrangement with Atheros Communications, one of the fabless market leaders in the WiFi market, has introduced
its uWatt WiFi Programmable Bridge. The Bridge chip includes hardware based power management functions for improved portable
battery run time. Dr. Craig Barratt, CEO of Atheros Communications indicated the two companies would be able to address a
number of markets more effectively with the solution, "Atheros has demonstrated clear leadership in the WLAN market by being
the first to deliver a single chip 802.11a/b/g solution. QuickLogic's low power programmable interconnect solutions enable
our customers to extend Wireless LAN connectivity to mobile embedded systems such as VoIP Phones, and Personal Digital Assistants
(PDAs)."
Tom Hart, President of QuickLogic veered toward the same sentiments,
"Atheros Communications has experienced phenomenal adoption of its Wireless LAN technology in the personal computer and networking
equipment markets. We look forward to enabling designers of mobile embedded systems to reap the many benefits of Atheros'
innovative single chip WLAN devices."
APRIL 26th, 2005
WWiSE Consortium Adds to Members for 100 Mbps WiFi Standardization
In step with the evolution of WiFi based products, WWiSE has added
three to its member roster to develop and commercialize the 100 Mbps WiFi standard. The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency
(WWiSE) consortium, an organization deeply involved in the standard definition process has announced that France Telecom,
ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan), and NTT (Japan) have joined the ogranization.
The member roster now numbers 17. The other members include
Airgo Networks, Broadcom Corporation, Buffalo, Conexant Systems, Inc., ETRI, Hughes Network Systems, Motorola, Nokia, Ralink
Technology, Realtek, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, TrellisWare Technologies and Winbond Electronics. Of these
companies, Airgo, Broadcom, Conexant, ETRI, Ralink, Realtek, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Winbond have operations
in the WiFi semiconductor market.
WI-FI NEWS COLUMN
APRIL 13th, 2005
Anadigics Passes 25 Millionth Shipment of InGaP HBT WLAN
Power Amplifier
Anadigics, with the shipment of its 25 millionth Power Amplifier
gives it a name in the wireless LAN Power Amplifier market. The company indicates that it has also doubled the number
of WLAN power amplifiers shipments in less than seven months. The company noted that it was expanding its presence in the
PC notebook, access point, router, printer and smart phone markets.
Ron Michels, Vice President of Broadband Products at ANADIGICS discussed
the company's positioning in the market, "ANADIGICS continues to set a higher standard by leveraging our RFIC design
expertise, advanced InGaP HBT technology, and world-class operations to deliver industry-leading WLAN power amplifier solutions.
Our power amplifier products serve both the single-band (b/g) and dual-band (a/b/g) wireless LAN market segments and offer
differentiating features, such as best-in-class levels of integration, reliability, and efficiency. As the world's leading
supplier of InGaP HBT WLAN power amplifiers, ANADIGICS remains ahead of the curve by working with strategic reference design
companies to shape the future of the WLAN market."
JANUARY
19th, 2005
Atheros Wireless Chip Found in Lenovo’s Wireless Laptop
The Lenovo Group Limited
(formerly Legend Computer), one of China’s largest PC companies, has chosen Atheros Communication’s
802.11g chip solution for its new wireless laptops. Lenovo acquired IBM’s personal computing division in December of
2004.
JANUARY 19th, 2005
Conexant's
Prism Ends Up in LCD TV
Conexant Systems reports that its PRISM GT 802.11g WiFi and CX23416 MPEG-2 video chipsets have been included in LG
Electronics’ new wireless liquid crystal display (LCD) television set. Conexant Systems acquired WiFi technology through
its acquisition of Globespan, which acquired the technology from the acquisition of Intersil’s wireless product group.
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The Wi-fi or 802.11 market has become increasingly crowded. As well, emerging technologies such as WiMAX, UWB and Zigbee
are seen as potential alternatives to the short range wireless network communications problem.
WiFi is starting to converge with VoIP technology. Several companies have integrated VoIP technology with WiFi chips.
Calypso Wireless, the feature company in White, has developed seamless Wifi to cellular technology. This permits a cellular
phone to switch to a WiFi network transparently (without user intervention). Calypso has a patent which relates to the technology.
Calypso has made a point to notify the major microprocessor and cellular processor integrated circuit companies of its Wi-Fi
to Cellular seamless switch technology.
Green companies provide WiFi chips and red provide WiFi IP cores
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