SDIO Card Adds Bluetooth Wireless Technology to Mobile Phones and Other Portable Devices http://www.siliconwave.com/pr_100702_Toshiba_SDIO_Card.htm

SAN DIEGO, CA, October 21, 2002 - Silicon Wave, a leading supplier of integrated circuits for Wireless Personal Area Networks, announced today that Toshiba Corporation selected its Bluetooth radio modem IC for the newly launched Toshiba SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) Card. Designed for easy integration into mobile phones, notebook PCs, PDAs and other portable devices, the SDIO Card contains Toshiba's baseband LSI and Silicon Wave's SiW1703 Radio Modem. The card is Bluetooth Specification Version 1.1 qualified and is listed on the Bluetooth Qualified Product List (BQPL) that can be found at the official site of the Bluetooth SIG (www.bluetooth.com ).

" Combining Toshiba's robust baseband with the Silicon Wave SiW1703 Radio Modem delivers a small, low power SDIO card with the superior radio performance required for the real world," said Jarvis Tou, vice president of marketing and product management for Silicon Wave. "OEMs can now easily add reliable, power-efficient Bluetooth wireless technology to their devices."

The SiW1703 Radio Modem is a fully integrated, direct-conversion IC designed for ultra-low power consumption, low system cost and superior RF performance over an extended temperature range. The SiW1703 is Bluetooth Specification Version 1.1 qualified, supports the Nokia RF-BB interface and is in full volume production.

The new card from Toshiba is an update of last year's SD version and targets portable consumer equipment such as digital cameras that have an SDIO slot. Silicon Wave's Bluetooth radio modem has allowed Toshiba to deliver a solution that dramatically reduces the size and power consumption of the previous SD model.

About Silicon Wave

Based in San Diego, Silicon Wave is a leading provider of low-power, highly integrated RF communication system components for the global BluetoothTM wireless market. Silicon Wave products and services include radio modems, baseband processors, software solutions and a baseband IP licensing program. Founded in 1997, the company was the first to deliver a fully qualified, single-chip radio modem for Bluetooth communications and first to achieve Bluetooth Specification Version 1.1 qualification for its products. Silicon Wave is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The company's Web site is located at http://www.siliconwave.com .

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