Integrating Bluetooth wireless technology into mobile phones, notebook PCs, PDAs
and other portable devices just got easier. Silicon Wave 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,
the SDIO Card contains Toshiba's baseband LSI and Silicon Wave's SiW1703 Radio
Modem.
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
.
Silicon Wave, the diamond logo design and the SiW product name prefix are registered
trademarks of Silicon Wave, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Bluetooth
SIG, Inc., and licensed to Silicon Wave, Inc. All other product, service and
company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their
respective owners.
For Additional Information, Please Contact:
David Bergevin
Silicon Wave, Inc.
http://www.siliconwave.com
+1-858-404-7704
dbergevin@siliconwave.com
