Wipro-NewLogic releases next generation Bluetooth IP
(Technology News, 09 Jul 2007 )
By Vinod Kataria
Wipro-NewLogic, the semiconductor IP business unit of Wipro Technologies, announced the release of its Bluetooth 2.0+EDR baseband RTL and software stack.
This Bluetooth 2.0+EDR architecture is upgradeable to Bluetooth 2.1+EDR by software and builds up on the company’s silicon and certified Bluetooth 1.2 solution. Combined with the Wipro-NewLogic Bluetooth 2.0+EDR radio IP, it offers customers a range of system configurations and can be integrated into any application, host or baseband chips, in the mobile, automotive and consumer markets.
Franz Dugand, product marketing manager at Wipro-NewLogic, said, “Wipro-Newlogic is a global leader in the Sale of Bluetooth IPs has a long history in Bluetooth development, being the first company in 2000 to qualify its Bluetooth Core. We have licensed our Bluetooth 1.2 solution to a large number of customers worldwide and already a few of our customers have taped out their chip, integrating our Bluetooth 2.0+EDR baseband IP.”
It is claimed that Bluetooth 2.0+EDR technology offers three times higher transfer rates compared to Bluetooth 1.2 technology - 2.1 Megabits per second (Mbps) compared to 721 Kilobits per second (Kbps).
