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Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Intersil
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 September 2001
IBM puts Intersil PRISM in latest
ThinkPad
IBM is to embed Intersil's Prism wireless technology into its new ThinkPad T23 Series notebook computers.
IBM is to embed Intersil's Prism wireless technology into its new ThinkPad T23 Series notebook computers The chipset selected by IBM is Intersil's Prism 2.5 Mini-PCI chipset designed to allow manufacturers to embed Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless connectivity into portable computer and Internet enabled appliances without taking up additional card slots
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Oct 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The ThinkPad T23 Series laptops are lightweight, high-performance mobile computers powered by an Intel Pentium III mobile processor.
The ThinkPad is optimised for wireless networking with a built-in antenna and an embedded Mini-PCI wireless networking card that delivers remote broadband connectivity to Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) standards.
The ThinkPad's flexible communications bay can accommodate a dial-up modem, 10/100 Ethernet and Wi-Fi wireless LAN, including a new combined modem and wireless LAN combo Mini-PCI card.
"The small size of Intersil's Prism 2.5 wireless networking chipset in Mini-PCI card format has allowed IBM to 'embed' dual wireless LAN and modem capability directly into the internal design of the ThinkPad 23", said Peter Hortensius, vice president of development, IBM Personal Computing Devices.
"This means we can provides off-the-shelf wireless and network capability for our customers and eliminates the need for external add-in cards".
"The board space reduction achieved by the Prism 2.5 chipset enabled IBM to incorporate dual-mode networking capabilities both 802.11b and V.90 modem on its new ThinkPad T23 computers", said Larry Ciaccia, vice president and general manager of Intersil's Wireless Networking Business.
"Intersil's highly-integrated Prism 2.5 Mini-PCI card is becoming the silicon chipset of choice due to its high performance, small size, low cost and low power consumption".
The Prism 2.5 solution incorporates the world's first combined single-chip baseband processor (BBP) and medium access controller (MAC) that integrates digital functions normally done by two ICs.
The BBP/MAC with Mini-PCI interface is available for applications requiring embedded wireless.
Intersil also offers an integrated BBP/MAC with PCMCIA and USB interface that allows OEMs to easily add USB connectivity into next-generation Wi-Fi wireless networking products for the home and office.
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