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Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: RF Micro Devices
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 May 2003
Strategic relationship for Bluetooth
solutions
RF Micro Devices and Silicon Wave have agreed to enter into a strategic relationship for Bluetooth solutions manufacturing and distribution.
RF Micro Devices and Silicon Wave have agreed to enter into a strategic relationship for Bluetooth solutions manufacturing and distribution Within the strategic relationship, Silicon Wave will grant manufacturing licenses to RF Micro Devices for its single-chip UltimateBlue 3000 radio processor and stand-alone CMOS Bluetooth radio modem solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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RF Micro Devices will be responsible for the supply chain of Silicon Wave's CMOS Bluetooth solutions and will be the exclusive distribution channel for these products.
RF Micro Devices has also acquired a minority interest in Silicon Wave by participating with other investors in Silicon Wave's current preferred stock equity financing, which had its initial closing today.
RF Micro Devices' customers in the cellular handset and wireless local area network (WLAN) markets are increasingly seeking highly integrated wireless solutions that incorporate Bluetooth functionality.
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Radio modem certified for CDMA and 3G handsets
The SiW1712TM UltimateBlue radio modem has received certification for use with CDMA chipsets with an integrated Bluetooth baseband.
Silicon Wave's highly integrated CMOS-based single-chip UltimateBlue 3000 combines a direct conversion radio modem with an ARM7TDMI processor core, Bluetooth baseband logic, and complete protocol software in ROM.
The complete Bluetooth system-on-chip solution delivers superior RF performance at an extremely low system BOM (bill-of-material) cost.
"We believe this strategic relationship uniquely positions RF Micro Devices to become the leading solutions provider of multistandard radios for handsets and mobile appliances of the future", said Jerry Neal, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development at RF Micro Devices.
"Silicon Wave's advanced Bluetooth solutions complement our wireless LAN and Polaris Total Radio product families and we anticipate that this relationship will strengthen our position as a complete solutions provider for devices supporting single and multiple air interface standards.
Our customers are engaging us to provide more of the total wireless solution and these products add to our capability to supply various combinations of wireless technologies including cellular, wireless LAN, GPS and Bluetooth.
Our vision is to be the one-stop shop for all of the customer's wireless needs".
"We are very pleased to team with RFMD to deliver Bluetooth solutions, and look forward to working with them to further strengthen their leading-edge wireless communications product portfolio", said David Lyon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Wave.
"Silicon Wave is committed to providing the industry's best performing Bluetooth devices which yield the lowest total cost of implementation for the OEM customer".
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