Consumer Products Connect with Ultra-Wideband as
Early as the Holiday Season
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2004--Freescale Semiconductor,
Inc. (NYSE:FSL) is the first company to receive Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification for its Ultra-Wideband (UWB)
communications solution. With this certification, Freescale can begin
commercial shipments of its XS110 chipset immediately. This enables
Freescale's customers to design UWB technology into their consumer
electronics applications for unlicensed operation anywhere in the
United States.
UWB allows consumers to create a home theater environment without
cables. It also provides instantaneous, wireless transfer of images
from a digital camera to a PC/laptop or television. Employees can
connect laptops and projectors without wires and music fans can
transmit multiple megabytes of MP3 audio from laptops to MP3 players.
Initial consumer applications are expected to include large screen
displays (plasma, LCD), digital video recorders and set-top boxes,
with mobile applications such as portable hard drives and digital
cameras to follow later in 2005.
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