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Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Intersil
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2001
Legend and Quanta take wireless lead
from Intersil
Intersil reckons it has scored major successes in the Far East with wireless LAN deals with two of the worlds largest PC manufacturers.
Intersil reckons it has scored major successes in the Far East with wireless LAN deals with two of the worlds largest PC manufacturers The company has just signed an agreement with China's largest PC manufacturer Legend Holdings for a joint research and development programme that will add Intersil's Prism WLAN technology to a wide range of Legend notebook PCs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As the largest PC manufacturer in China, Legend's personal computers accounted for some 40% of China's consumer PC market and more than a 10% market share in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) during 2000.
Legend is also a major provider of information services, along with the manufacturing and sale of handheld access devices, motherboards and printed circuit boards.
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Quanta, is the largest notebook PC manufacturer in Taiwan and has had the top notebook sales in Taiwan for three consecutive years.
With a powerful R and D team and flexible operation strategies, Quanta produces advanced technology products and supplies many of the world's leading brands with high added-value produces at low cost.
In 2000, Quanta accounted for 20% of notebook sales in Taiwan and 10.3% of the global notebook market.
This makes Quanta one of the most important notebook PC manufacturers in the world.
"Legend selected Intersil as its strategic wireless solution supplier because of its very advanced, high quality and reliable wireless technology", said He Zhiqiang, vice president of Legend.
"There will be an increasing demand for wireless LAN solutions in China and this cooperative agreement will enable us to introduce advanced wireless LAN technology into China".
"This strategic agreement with Legend represents a colossal springboard for Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) wireless networking in the Asia Pacific area and is an extraordinary opportunity for Intersil to expand its WLAN sales in this fast growing region", said Larry Ciaccia, vice president and general manager for Intersil's Wireless Networking Business.
Quanta selected Intersil as its premier WLAN solution supplier and will incorporate Intersil's Prism 2.5 WLAN chip set in its next generation notebook computers.
The Prism 2.5 wireless networking chip set is optimized for smaller form factors in embedded WLAN applications such as mini-PCI cards and single-sided PCMCIA cards.
The significant board space reduction achieved by Prism 2.5 also opens the door for Quanta to incorporate dual-mode networking capabilities such as the addition of Bluetooth, v.90 modems or Ethernet chipsets on the same embedded WLAN card.
"Quanta selected Intersil as strategic wireless solution supplier because its Prism technology provides low-cost, high performance Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless networking solutions targeting consumer applications", said Michael Chen, senior vice-president of Quanta.
"Intersil's Prism wireless networking technology will enable Quanta to manufacture next generation PCs and other wireless devices with embedded WLAN applications".
"The alliance between Intersil and Quanta is an important catalyst in the use of embedded wireless technology for notebooks and PDAs", said Greg Williams, president and CEO of Intersil.
"Consumers will benefit from the combination of Intersil's world class wireless chipsets, reference designs and software and Quanta's expertise and innovation in the manufacture of notebook computers and PDAs".
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