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NEC Electronics Exhibits Industry's First Demonstration of High-Speed Wireless USB Technology at Intel Developer Forum Spring 2004
Extension of High-Speed USB into Wireless Using Ultra-Wideband Technology
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, Calif., February 18, 2004 -
NEC Electronics Corporation and its subsidiary in the United States, NEC Electronics America, Inc., today further illustrated their position as leading providers of interface technologies for networking and PC applications by publicly exhibiting the industry's first demonstration of high-speed wireless universal serial bus (USB) technology at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Spring 2004. NEC Electronics America will exhibit at IDF in its booth #530.
"NEC Electronics is excited to leverage its leadership position in the USB controller market to help drive the expansion of USB technology into the wireless arena," said Shigeo Niitsu, general manager, 2nd system LSI division, NEC Electronics Corporation. "The performance, cost and quality advantages of USB are unmatched, and we believe that with NEC Electronics' far-reaching experience with USB technology, we will emerge as a leader in providing our customers with cost-effective solutions for this exciting new high-speed wireless interface. Our target is to ship 14 million units and realize annual sales of US$100 million in three years. Our expectation is to have 50 percent of the worldwide market share, which is approximately the same market share the company currently has for wired USB products.
"NEC Electronics is working closely with Intel and other member companies of the Wireless USB Promoter Group on standardizing a specification for the technology, which should be completed later in the year. We are also working closely with Staccato Communications and Wisair (developers of ultra-wideband [UWB] PHY) to develop a prototype high-speed wireless USB product and collaborate on UWB PHY for future UWB-related products including wireless USB."
"NEC Electronics has a long history of being at the forefront of next-generation interface technology development," said Jeff Ravencraft, Intel technology strategist and USB-IF chairman. "Our close relationship with NEC Electronics allows us to provide the industry's first public demonstration of high-speed wireless USB. We believe that this new wireless interface option will become widely used for PC peripherals and digital consumer products such as flat panel high-definition monitors and A/V projectors."
Ultra-wideband technology, which will be used as the physical layer of wireless USB, is attractive to designers because of its low power consumption and high-speed signaling capability. The final specification of the physical layer of wireless USB is expected to have a range of 10 meters and achieve data rates equivalent to the current wired USB 2.0 maximum speed. These specifications make the technology ideal for applications being used in the same room or relatively close locations, where performance is key but the wiring is difficult, inconvenient or not attractive.
As NEC Electronics has done with wired USB 2.0 products, the company's roadmap for wireless USB includes the development of host and device controllers. Samples of both host and device controllers are expected to be available during first half of 2005 and compliant with the wireless USB standard.
To provide an early market introduction, NEC Electronics is working individually with Staccato Communications, Inc. (www.staccatocommunications.com) and Wisair, Ltd. (www.wisair.com), developers of UWB PHY, to develop a total wireless USB solution.
About NEC Electronics USB Products
NEC Electronics is a leading supplier of USB solutions for worldwide customers and was the industry's first company to introduce a USB 2.0 host controller, device controller and physical layer (PHY) devices. With a USB 2.0 product line-up that includes IDE bridge controllers and device controllers, the company has shipped more than 55 million USB 2.0 products. NEC Electronics Corporation is acting as a representative for NEC Corporation, which is a core member of the USB Implementers Forum and Wireless USB Promoter Group.
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About NEC Electronics Corporation
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handsets, PC peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and platform solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 25 subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.ee.nec.de). In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland,
respectively. Additionally, NEC Electronics America for North America and NEC Electronics Europe for Europe are the sales and marketing channels of NEC AM-LCD and PDP modules.
For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit www.necel.com.
NEC Electronics and NEC Electronics America are either a registered trademark or trademark of NEC Electronics Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All registered trademarks or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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