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To: Savant who wrote (7863)	9/28/1999 3:11:00 AM
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Lest we forget, some other areas are moving along: (thanks to wolfpackvoltare at RB) SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999-- Hitachi 16-Bit H8S/2238 CISC Microcontroller Paired with Silicon Wave's RF ICs for Bluetooth-Enabled Applications Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. and Silicon Wave, Inc. today announced their strategic product collaboration to provide a complete Bluetooth solution to end-product and module manufacturers. The solution couples Hitachi's H8S microcontroller as the baseband controller and Silicon Wave's RMC product family (Radio Modem Controller) to provide a complete hardware and software solution for applications using the new Bluetooth technology, a low-cost, short-range radio interface for mobile electronic devices. Silicon Wave will provide the Bluetooth firmware for the H8S baseband controller. The 16-bit CISC H8S/2238 microcontroller is Hitachi's first product designated for this new technology, to be followed by derivatives of this controller developed specifically for Bluetooth applications. Target applications include handheld PCs, digital cameras, computer peripherals, portable computers, mobile telephones and other types of devices expected to adopt the Bluetooth wireless communication technology. "Bluetooth technology is opening a new, exciting era for simplified, state-of-the-art wireless communication products," said Julian Psaila, H8 product marketing manager for Hitachi Semiconductor (America). "The combination of Hitachi's H8S/2238 CISC baseband controller and Silicon Wave's leading-edge RMC product family provides designers with a very highly integrated, low power and easy implementation of Bluetooth interconnectivity." Bluetooth Technology The Bluetooth communication technology is a low-cost, short-range radio interface which connects a wide range of mobile devices without the need for cables or the line-of-sight and distance limitations of infrared (IrDA) communication. Tiny, inexpensive short-range transceivers are embedded into a mobile device or onto adapter devices such as PC Cards, PCMCIA cards or universal serial bus (USB)-connected modules. The radio operates on the globally available, unlicensed radio band at 2.45 gigahertz (GHz) and supports data speeds up to 721 kilobytes per second (Kbps) with a send/receive range of approximately 10 meters or 30 feet. "The Hitachi H8S family has low power consumption, good features and a strong presence in dozens of consumer applications which should open new territory for the Bluetooth standard," commented David Hytha, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Silicon Wave, Inc. "From internet access to instant postcard-like images from a digital camera transmitted instantly over cell phones, Bluetooth will open new horizons in connectivity." H8S/2238 Microcontroller Features and Benefits Hitachi's 16-bit CISC H8S/2238 microcontroller, now sampling, is ideal for the Bluetooth technology due to its strengths of very low power consumption and on-chip flash memory. Bluetooth radios will spend most of their time listening for a signal, not actually transmitting. The H8S/2238 controller draws less than one microamp (uA) in standby mode, thereby saving on battery power, critical in mobile applications. Integrated, on-chip flash memory of 256K enables in-lab, in-factory or in-field reprogrammability, an outstanding feature in a new technology when many code changes can be expected.