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News Release from: Synad Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 October 2003
Remotek picks dual-band solution
Remotek, a leading developer of RF wireless communication technology, is to produce dual-band WLAN solutions based on Synad's SY8000 chipset.
Remotek, a leading developer of RF wireless communication technology, is to produce dual-band WLAN solutions based on Synad's SY8000 chipset Remotek selected the Synad solution on the basis of its industry-leading performance and power management, together with its unique capability to enable concurrent support for 2.4GHz (IEEE802.11b or 802.11g) and 5GHz (IEEE802.11a) WLAN networks over a single radio solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Remotek, a leading developer of WLAN adapters, wireless communications test equipment, and wireless security products with customers around the world, is leveraging its significant expertise to develop the WM2000 series of 802.11 client, access point and network infrastructure solutions based on Synad's SY8000 chipset and software technology.
Remotek is currently developing dual-band WLAN access point routers as well as dual-band WLAN modules in both miniPCI and Cardbus32 form factors based on the Synad SY8000 chipset.
Remotek plans to start production in November 2003.
"Remotek considers Synad as a strategic partner for WLAN solution development.
Through this partnership we are able to significantly reduce the time-to-market for WLAN solution providers with a concurrent 802.11 a/b/g product at the right price point", said Mark Hu, CTO and founder, Remotek.
"Remotek's strong heritage in the development of RF systems is a great match for Synad's technology", said Mike Baker, CEO, Synad.
"It has an excellent reputation and strong relationships with network operators and equipment providers throughout Asia and Japan".
Synad's single-radio 802.11 solution features patented "band interleaving" technology to bring dual-band WLAN access point equipment costs, for the first time, to that of single-band equipment.
This eliminates the longstanding price barrier that has dampened the adoption of high-speed, high capacity 802.11a networks, while still delivering compatibility with legacy 802.11b/g users.
Band Interleaving enables a single radio access point to automatically adapt to the prevailing mix of 802.11a, b or g clients that are present.
Synad offers a complete CMOS chipset solution comprising dual-band RF transceivers, multimode baseband processor and MAC functions, together with the complete software functionality in the form of firmware, drivers, and test suite to enable ODM/OEMs to customise, add value and differentiate their products.
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