Product category:
Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: National Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 February 2001
innoCOMM boosts National's wireless
portfolio
National Semiconductor has strengthened its position in wireless communications with the news it is to acquire innoCOMM wireless, a leading developer of chipsets for wireless networking.
National Semiconductor has strengthened its position in wireless communications with the news it is to acquire innoCOMM wireless, a San Diego-based leading developer of chipsets for wireless networking applications National expects to complete the acquisition within its February 2001 quarter for a purchase price of approximately $130 million
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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National claims the acquisition of innoCOMM, including 45 skilled wireless technologists, brings additional competence, technical knowhow and product design capabilities in areas complementary to National's existing base of design and product expertise.
InnoCOMM's expertise ranges from short-range wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and HomeRF to full wireless local area networking (LAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 standards which assure interoperability for wireless LANs similar to that of today's Ethernet wired networking technology.
Founded in 1998, innoCOMM recently announced a single-chip Bluetooth radio transceiver manufactured in standard digital CMOS technology that offers significant advantages in cost and power consumption.
Bluetooth is a technology that interconnects electronic systems such as computers, cellular telephones and other devices without wires or cables.
InnoCOMM also develops chipsets for the HomeRF standard for home networking, and wireless LAN solutions based on both the IEEE 802.11a standard and the 802.11b standard, which extends operation to the 2.4GHz frequency band and delivers 11Mbit/s datarates.
"The highly skilled technologists and advanced products at innoCOMM are a perfect fit with National Semiconductor's existing strengths in the wireless marketplace and wireless technologies", said Patrick J.
Brockett, executive vice president and general manager of National's Analog Group.
"By adding innoCOMM's engineering talent to our existing team, we will be able to accelerate National's introduction of leading-edge wireless products for this explosive market", he added.
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