Wisair introduced a WiMedia standard Ultra Wide Band (UWB) chipset solution, with the release of its 531 UWB Baseband chip. According to Wisair, the new 531 chip, a  Multiband OFDM compliant CMOS-based MAC/Baseband System-on-a-Chip, is ready for use in Wireless USB (WUSB) and Wireless Ethernet/IP applications. Wisair’s full UWB solution includes the 2nd generation 502 Radio Frequency (RF) chip, launched last quarter. Designed to support short-range connectivity with up to 480 Mbps, Wisair claims that the solution offers the fastest commercial wireless chipset to date to conform to WiMedia industry standards.

“This is a large step towards providing mature wireless USB products that meet market demands and go beyond prototypes and lab demos,” said David Yaish, Wisair President and CEO. “Our new chipsets, to be demonstrated in Wireless Japan 2005 with small form factor reference designs, exemplify our technological leadership and commitment to delivering complete, industry-accepted products to the Wireless USB market.”

Replacing Wisair’s first generation 530 chip, the 531 chip has been integrated with the 502 RF chip into Wisair’s reference designs and Development Kit (DVK), which shipped to more than 40 customers .The new 531 chip is based on the WiMedia-MBOA PHY layer specification, and supports a large range of interfaces including Ethernet/IP, MPEG and Parallel high bit rate data interface. The Wisair chipset solution includes integrated filtering providing interference immunity and co-existence with Bluetooth and 802.11 a/b/g. The 225-ball TFBGA package of the 531 chip, together with the 48-leadless QFN package of the 502 RF chip are part of Wisair’s small form factor and minimal BOM reference design for Wireless USB, Wireless IP and Wireless video applications. About Wisair Wisair is a leading provider of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Wireless USB chipset solutions for consumer electronics, mobile devices, and PC peripherals. Combining its wireless communication and radio frequency expertise, Wisair is a promoter member of the WiMedia Alliance and an active participant in the IEEE standardization process and the Wireless USB Promoters Group. A well-funded company, Wisair investors includes Intel Capital, NTT, NIF Ventures, Apax, Vertex, RAD Group and Tamar Ventures. Wisair is headquartered in Israel, with offices in the US, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit the company web site at www.wisair.com.