Silicon wave show selected audience, anybody was there? Ok this is radiopart, I'm sure any Nokia or Ericson could build radioship, what else we need to build this Bluetooth asic?
Os-software, CPU and flashmemory? Any Ideas?
Silicon Wave - Bluetooth System-on-a-Chip
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World's First Integrated Radio-Modem-Synthesizer on One Chip is Industry's Fastest Path to $5 Bluetooth Solution
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999--Silicon Wave, Inc. today announced its Bluetooth system-on-a-chip which it will demonstrate at the Cellular Telephone Industry Association's (CTIA) Wireless IT trade show in Santa Clara, Calif.
The chip contains a fully integrated radio, modem and synthesizer, making it the most highly integrated radio device available for Bluetooth wireless connectivity or any other high performance digital radio-frequency (RF) application. The demonstration will take place Nov. 2 & 3, 1999 at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Booth no. 452) during CTIA's Wireless IT.
The radio is designed using a direct conversion architecture for the 2.4 GHz transceiver, streamlining system design and reducing overall BOM (bill of materials). The modem is fully integrated and includes burst timing and control. Synthesizer functions are fully integrated and require no external VCO or resonator. The chip requires no major external discrete components or other devices. Rather, it interfaces to a simple switch and antenna, system timing crystals, and a small number of low-cost discrete capacitors and resistors. This device is the first high-volume, low-cost application of software defined radio, also referred to as soft-radio.
''Silicon Wave's product is a revolution in radio design,'' said Dave Lyon, Silicon Wave CEO. ''For years designers have searched for a radio solution that is as easy to integrate as a digital PC peripheral. This is it. The integration of so much functionality on a single chip provides the fastest path to a $5 Bluetooth solution in the marketplace.''
''Our component is low-power and requires virtually no external devices. It can be installed on a regular PCB without expensive ceramic substrates,'' said David A. Hytha, Silicon Wave Vice President of Sales and Marketing. ''Module and PC card suppliers, as well as cell phone, PDA and PC manufacturers, can design-in Bluetooth connectivity quickly for products intended for market in spring of 2000.''
This device is the foundation of Silicon Wave's modular architecture for Bluetooth applications. The chip functions as a radio peripheral device and connects to a separate CMOS digital controller that implements the high-speed data control functions of the Bluetooth MAC layer. In 2000, Silicon Wave plans to provide a single-chip radio-modem-synthesizer with the Bluetooth MAC layer integrated on the chip.
At the customer's election, Silicon Wave will also facilitate the integration of the controller functions into the separate baseband controller or host processor in the customer's product. This means the digital controller for the radio-modem-synthesizer will be available in four options: stand-alone, integrated into the radio-modem-synthesizer IC, incorporated into a separate baseband controller, or incorporated directly into the customer's host processor.
Silicon Wave is currently shipping prototypes as part of its Bluetooth Wireless Development System. Production samples will be available in 1Q 2000 with full production in 2Q 2000. The device is available in a 10mm x 10mm MicroLeadFrame(TM) (MLF) package and is supported by Bluetooth protocol stack software up through the HCI layer which can be licensed from Silicon Wave. High volume prices for the component are expected to drop to $5/unit by late 2001.
Silicon Wave provides chipsets, software, reference designs and hardware and software development kits for Bluetooth applications. The company has multiple design wins for its Bluetooth radio-modem-synthesizer product and has announced customers who are designing module and PC card products that incorporate the chip. |
