WiMedia Alliance Certifies First Ultra-Wideband Products

San Ramon, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Eight Members Obtain Official Platform Certification for
WiMedia-Based Silicon

The WiMedia(TM) Alliance today announced the first silicon
products certified on its Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Common Radio Platform.
A total of 12 platforms from WiMedia members Alereon, Inc., Artimi,
Inc., Intel Corporation, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Staccato
Communications, Tzero Technologies, WiQuest Communications and Wisair
have successfully completed both phases of the Alliance's compliance
and interoperability testing, paving the way for the introduction of
WiMedia-based end-user devices in the personal computing, consumer
electronics and mobile device markets.

"This is a pivotal development for UWB," said Stephen Wood,
president of the WiMedia Alliance. "WiMedia Platform Certification
ensures a high-level of interoperability among WiMedia-based
applications and provides assurance to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) that products incorporating WiMedia Certified
platforms will operate with minimal interference from other devices,
enabling a positive user experience for their customers. With
certified platforms available, manufacturers can begin utilizing
WiMedia UWB in their consumer products at an accelerated rate."

Silicon certified on the WiMedia platform provides the foundation
for a number of high-speed wireless protocols, including next
generation Bluetooth and Wireless USB. Utilizing the WiMedia
specifications, these applications provide low power consumption and
data rates of up to 480 Mbps in the wireless personal area network
(WPAN).

The WiMedia Alliance has held a series of interoperability testing
events since its certification program was launched in early 2006.
These events have helped ready products for advancement in the
certification program, leading to the establishment of certified
platforms. Successful platform certification would not have been
possible without the support of WiMedia members Agilent Technologies,
Inc., Ellisys, Intel Corporation, LeCroy Corporation and WiQuest
Communications, who provided facilities, test equipment and skilled
technical resources to the Alliance and participating vendors.

WiMedia Certified platforms undergo two phases of rigorous testing
against the Alliance's international UWB standards (ISO/IEC 26907 and
26908). In the first phase, vendors test and "register" Physical
Layer implementations (PHYs) based on the WiMedia PHY specification.
Registered PHYs are then combined with a Media Access Control (MAC)
layer and submitted for certification as a complete platform.
Platforms that successfully complete each level of the certification
program are granted official platform certification. This designation
ensures that certified platforms will coexist with other certified
platforms, and perform as expected, according to specifications.

More information on the WiMedia Alliance and its certification
program is available at www.wimedia.org

About The WiMedia Alliance

The WiMedia Alliance is a not-for-profit open industry association
that promotes and enables the rapid adoption, regulation,
standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of ultra-wideband
(UWB) worldwide. The basis for the industry's first UWB standards
(published by Ecma International), WiMedia UWB is optimized for
wireless personal-area networks delivering high-speed (480Mbps and
beyond), low-power multimedia capabilities for the PC, CE, mobile and
automotive market segments. Emphasizing peaceful coexistence with
other wireless services, the WiMedia UWB Common Radio Platform is
designed to operate with application stacks developed by the 1394
Trade Association Wireless Working Group, the Certified Wireless USB
Promoter Group and the Bluetooth-SIG. WiMedia's board members include
Alereon, HP, Intel, Nokia, NXP, Samsung Electronics, Sony,
STMicroelectronics, Staccato Communications, Texas Instruments and
Wisair. For more information, please visit www.wimedia.org.

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