SANTA CLARA, CA -- 04/02/08 --
Artimi, developer of high-speed wireless
semiconductors for portable consumer electronics, announces that the Artimi
A-150 has passed USB-IF compliance for Certified Wireless USB peripheral
silicon. The chip is certified as a silicon building block for wireless USB
devices, giving manufacturers a head-start on gaining product-level
Certified Wireless USB status. Artimi provides manufacturers with
application-optimized designs and Zero Install(TM), making the integration
of Certified Wireless USB into the latest consumer electronics and
peripherals fast and simple.
As a certified silicon component, the Artimi A-150 offers consumer
electronics manufacturers improved confidence for consumer product-level
Certified Wireless USB certification. With more than two billion legacy
wired USB connections in the world today, USB is the de facto standard in
the personal computing industry. Using the WiMedia Ultra Wideband (UWB)
radio platform, Certified Wireless USB is the new wireless extension to USB
that combines the speed and security of wired technology with the
ease-of-use of wireless technology.
"Consumers want to easily play and share their music, video and photos on
the portable devices and computer peripherals they use everyday, without
the hassle of cables, or complicated and slow networks," says Colin Macnab.
"Artimi remains convinced that UWB needs to be ultra simple for consumers
to use, as well as ultra simple for manufacturers to integrate. Our
integration-friendly technology has gained significant traction with
manufacturers by offering a faster time-to-market, and we now have more
than 20 different customer products in the works. The Artimi A-150
certification as a Certified Wireless USB silicon building block builds on
this by giving OEMs and ODMs simplified certification."
The Artimi A-150 is a highly integrated, low power UWB WiMedia MAC with
embedded I/O processor offering Ultra Simple Connectivity(TM). Optimized to
provide the highest real user throughput and Zero Install, it has been
designed for use in PC peripherals, such as storage devices and printers,
and power-sensitive consumer electronic devices, including digital still
cameras and camcorders. It represents the ideal solution for applications
using Certified Wireless USB connectivity, and is shipping now in volume
quantities. More information about the A-150 and Artimi's
application-specific solutions at: http://www.artimi.com/products.php
About Artimi
Artimi®, Inc. provides semiconductors, software and reference designs for
high data-rate wireless connectivity, including Certified Wireless USB,
high-speed Bluetooth®, and WiMedia® Logical Link Control Protocol
(WLP). Artimi's products employ WiMedia-based ultra-wideband (UWB) radio
techniques to enable high-speed wireless bulk data transfer between
portable consumer electronics products. Content rich portable consumer
electronics devices benefit from Artimi's technology, including digital
cameras and camcorders, personal media players, and mobile phone handsets.
Artimi, founded in 2002, is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with
research and development in Cambridge, UK, and sales offices in Japan and
Taiwan. For more information, see http://www.artimi.com.
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