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Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Staccato Communications
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 June 2006
Asian manufacturers adopt Certified
Wireless USB
Asian companies Cellink, Cameo Communications, AboCom and Asian Information Technology have all selected Staccato's Ripcord single-chip all-CMOS solution for their products.
Asian companies Cellink, Cameo Communications, AboCom and Asian Information Technology have all selected Staccato's Ripcord single-chip all-CMOS solution for their products According to a recently published report by In-Stat Research, the estimated worldwide market for UWB-enabled products is expected to reach 289 million units by 2010
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ripcord is billed as the industry's first true single-chip all-CMOS solution based on Certified Wireless USB.
Taiwan is a critical region for the successful commercialisation of Certified Wireless USB, and Staccato's customer announcements indicate that real products are likely to hit retail shelves before the end of the year.
"These announcements by Staccato are exciting because they represent the first product announcements we have seen for Certified Wireless USB.
They also confirm our forecast that this market will begin this year and start an aggressive ramp in 2007".
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"Single-chip CMOS solutions dominate Bluetooth and Wi-Fi which bodes extremely well for Staccato's Ripcord solution", said Chris Kissel, In-Stat Research Analyst.
Cellink, a global manufacturer of RF and Bluetooth wireless products based in Taiwan, has selected Staccato Communications' Ripcord family of single-chip all-CMOS solutions for its PC dongle and hub products based on Certified Wireless USB.
Cellink's first Ripcord-based product shipments will begin in the fourth quarter of 2006 in the USA and will eventually target European markets in 2007.
AboCom, an embedded WLAN solutions original design manufacturer (ODM), has also chosen Staccato's Ripcord single-chip all-CMOS solution for its PC dongle and hub products based on Certified Wireless USB.
These products will be based on Staccato's reference designs.
Additionally, AboCom will introduce a PC ExpressCard of its own design based on Staccato's Ripcord chip.
Cameo Communications, an international network products supplier based in Taiwan, has selected Ripcord for its dongles, hubs and addon cards, based on Certified Wireless USB, to enable retrofit of existing PCs and peripherals.
Cameo is a key supplier to many of the largest PC, peripheral, and accessory brand names in the USA and worldwide enabling those customers to offer Certified Wireless USB products on retail shelves by year end.
Asian Information Technology (AIT) is developing a line of production test equipment for products based on Staccato's Ripcord single-chip all-CMOS solution.
AIT is a Taiwan-based supplier that provides test equipment for hundreds of Bluetooth production lines throughout Asia.
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