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| Alereon AL5000 Chipsets Achieve WiMedia PHY Registration |
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| AUSTIN, TX | September 18, 2007
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Alereon, Inc., the Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology leader for WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB applications, has successfully completed the official WiMedia Alliance Registration Program for its AL5300/4100 and AL5300/5100 WiMedia chipsets, both members of the company’s AL5000 family, which is based on the WiMedia common radio platform.
The AL5000 Chipset integrates all the essential RF circuitry in addition to the Media Access Controller (MAC), BaseBand processor (BBP) and software to develop a worldwide Wireless USB product. Covering all WiMedia bands from 3.1GHz to 10.6 GHz, the AL5000 has been optimized for both PC host applications and embedded applications, such as PC aftermarket devices, handheld electronics, consumer electronics, and mobile products where space and power consumption are at a premium. The AL5300/4100 is ideal for vendors looking to deploy WiMedia or Wireless USB applications in the United States and transition to a global solution with the AL 5300/5100, the only registered chipset able to provide a worldwide solution across the entire WiMedia ultrawideband spectrum.
“The registration of Alereon’s latest chipsets resulted from stringent interoperability tests designed to meet WiMedia compliance and the global ultrawideband standard,” said Eric Broockman, CEO of Alereon. “By adding these new chipsets to our growing family of certified wireless USB products, Alereon continues to solidify its position as a leader and pacesetter in the global UWB market space.”
WiMedia’s Certification Program is comprised of two parts, the first of which, a compliance and interoperability program, tests and “registers” PHY implementations, based on the WiMedia Alliance's PHY specification. Once a PHY is registered, it then becomes eligible for use in a platform that can be submitted for certification against the program’s second part, the WiMedia Platform Certification. Registration by the official certification program offers a significant step toward delivering high-speed (480 Mbps and more), low-power wireless electronic products based on Certified Wireless USB, from the USB-IF.
WiMedia is the standard radio platform for UWB technologies. With its high-speed, low-power capabilities, WiMedia UWB has been selected by the USB-IF as well as the Bluetooth SIG as the foundation for tomorrow’s wireless consumer electronics, mobile and computer applications.
About Alereon, Inc.
Alereon, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company using revolutionary Ultra Wideband (UWB) radio technology to develop high-bandwidth, low-power, low-cost Wireless USB and WiMedia UWB chipsets that are ideal for today’s personal computer and portable products, like digital cameras, mp3 players and cell phones. Our mission is to replace the complex tangle of wires that interconnect today's electronic devices with wireless links. For more information, visit http://www.alereon.com.
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