Intersil has broadened its position in the wireless communications market with a strategic investment in San Diego-based Bluetooth specialist Silicon Wave. Silicon Wave is a leader in designing RF systems-on-a-chip solutions for next generation Bluetooth wireless systems requiring small, low-power and highly-integrated operation. Intersil leads the way in IEEE-802.11 Wireless LAN technology with their PRISM chipsets adopted by such heavyweights as Cisco, Alcatel, Compaq, 3Com, Nokia, Alcatel and many others.
"Intersil and Silicon Wave provide complementary technologies for wireless zones including the home, office and public places," said Greg Williams, Intersil President and CEO. "Silicon Wave produces entire RF systems on a chip for Bluetooth, the emerging specification for personal connectivity, while Intersil's PRISM solution is aimed at full-featured wireless LAN Ethernet applications under the IEEE's 802.11 standard. We expect Bluetooth and IEEE-802.11 to become the prevailing worldwide standards with new information appliances using one or the other of these two complementary technologies depending on the application."
Bluetooth technology supports 1 Mb data rates in the 2,4 GHz band with a communication range of up to 10 m making it ideal for synchronising web appliances, cellphones or other Internet browsing devices. The IEEE's 802.11 standard operates some 10 times faster at 11 Mbps over longer distances of 100 m, making it perfect for Wireless LAN applications. Williams said, "Each standard is perfect for its own application and we feel that devices will only proliferate around each standard as wireless operation becomes a vital data connectivity tool for people at work or in the home."
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