XtremeSpectrum demos UWB product

[Paul L Rinaldo]

Gang,

>XtremeSpectrum Demonstrates Industry's First Ultra-wideband Product
>Trinity Chipset Is Capable of Broadcasting 6 MPEG-2 Video Streams Wirelessly
>
>SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 16, 2002  XtremeSpectrum Inc., a 
>privately held company dedicated to bringing ultra-wideband (UWB) 
>products to the wireless industry, today demonstrated the extreme 
>bandwidth and "wire-like" video quality of its new Trinity chipset, a 
>wireless semiconductor solution that is ideal for applications in the 
>consumer connectivity market. Using the popular MPEG2 video format, 
>the company broadcast six video streams to six separate flat panel 
>displays simultaneously across the room using a single ultra-wideband 
>connection. As important, the streaming video, enabled by Trinity, 
>offered true "wire-like" performance while co-existing with an 
>802.11b system, a microwave oven, a cellular/PCS phone and a cordless 
>phone all in simultaneous operation.
>
>Since our announcement of the industry's first ultra-wideband product 
>last month, the response to Trinity has been tremendous, said Martin 
>Rofheart, CEO of XtremeSpectrum. With six simultaneous streams of 
>video, this demonstration is intended to showcase not only the high 
>performance capabilities of our ultra-wideband product, but Trinity's 
>ability to co-exist with systems and products in the popular 2.4 GHz 
>and PCS/cellular ranges found in most homes today. And, not only does 
>Trinity co-exist with these various technologies, but the video 
>remains unperturbed despite moving people, furniture and walls, all 
>of which are factors in a typical residential scenario. Based on this 
>demonstration, we believe ultra-wideband will become the pervasive 
>wireless technology for consumer connectivity applications.
>
>Today's technology exhibition, held at the Argent Hotel in San 
>Francisco, represents the first time an ultra-wideband chipset has 
>been demonstrated in a commercial communications application. The 
>Trinity chipset, introduced in June, represents XtremeSpectrum's 
>first ultra-wideband product and the industry's first commercial 
>unlicensed ultra-wideband silicon solution. With an aggregate data 
>rate of 100 Mbps, the Trinity chipset is easily capable of 
>transmitting multiple streams of digital video and audio within the 
>typical North American residential environment. With each MPEG-2 
>stream running at up to 12 Mbps, the Trinity chipset clearly 
>demonstrates adequate payload capacity for multiple streams of 
>digital video along with wire-like viewing quality.
>
>Our goal with Trinity has been to achieve wire-like viewing quality, 
>while still meeting the extremely low power consumption 
>specifications of the consumer electronics manufacturers, said John 
>McCorkle, chief technology officer at XtremeSpectrum. We are very 
>pleased with the performance of the Trinity chipset and, as 
>important, we are proud of our engineering team for executing on 
>XtremeSpectrum's vision to create a high speed, low power, low cost 
>wireless solution for multimedia-centric applications.
>
>The Need For Higher Bandwidth
>
>Today's digital video transmissions use MPEG-2 for encoding and 
>require up to 12 Mbps to broadcast the video. In addition, higher 
>rate encoding standards such as HDTV and MPEG-2HD (High Definition) 
>use higher rate transmissions in excess of 20 Mbps per video stream. 
>Leading DVD companies have stated that they are moving to MPEG-2HD, 
>underscoring the need for a wireless home technology that can deliver 
>extremely high bandwidth for multiple channels of digital video 
>transmission.
>
>According to the Consumer Electronics Association of America, DVD 
>equipment sales for North America are forecasted to reach 
>approximately 17 million units in 2003, representing a significant 
>market opportunity for wireless connectivity solutions.
>
>First Commercial Ultra-wideband Product Demonstration
>
>Demonstrating ultra-wideband's wireless connectivity capabilities to 
>customers, reporters, and analysts, XtremeSpectrum has shown that the 
>Trinity chipset is uniquely suited to deliver the high data rates and 
>wire-like video/audio quality that the home market demands for 
>wireless connectivity solutions. XtremeSpectrum has stated it will 
>deliver its Trinity chipset as a physical layer evaluation kit to 
>OEMs of consumer electronics, display, computer, and peripheral 
>products beginning this quarter. Commercial production is scheduled 
>for mid 2003, and, based on customer input, end user consumer 
>electronics products leveraging Trinity are then expected as early as 
>Christmas 2003. Pricing for the Trinity chipset is $19.95 each in 
>quantities of 100,000+.
>
>By Q2 2002, XtremeSpectrum plans to deliver the first "Moore's Law 
>radio" a wireless chipset that scales performance in direct 
>proportion to improvements in semiconductor process technology with 
>no need for enhancements to the basic system architecture for home 
>networking applications such as set-top boxes, digital still and 
>video cameras, MP3 audio players, home theater equipment, video 
>gaming equipment, PDAs, etc.
>
>About XtremeSpectrum's Ultra-wideband Technology
>
>Ultra-wideband is a wireless technology that transmits an extremely 
>low power signal over a wide swath of radio spectrum. Unlike 
>conventional radio systems that operate within a relatively narrow 
>bandwidth, i.e. Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, ultra-wideband 
>operates across a wide range of frequency spectrum by transmitting a 
>series of very narrow and low power pulses. The combination of 
>broader spectrum, lower power and pulsed data means that 
>ultra-wideband causes less interference than conventional narrowband 
>radio solutions, and delivers wire-like performance in an indoor 
>wireless environment. This makes ultra-wideband technology ideal for 
>consumer electronics applications such as camcorders, laptops, DVDs, 
>digital cameras, etc.
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>About XtremeSpectrum
>
>Founded in 1998, XtremeSpectrum Inc. is a wireless communications 
>company developing system semiconductor solutions for the multimedia 
>connectivity industry. Leveraging its unique understanding of 
>ultra-wideband, XtremeSpectrum's patent-pending, ultra-wideband 
>digital radio will allow multimedia-enabled devices, such as phones, 
>set-top boxes, laptops, DVDs, video recorders and PDAs, to send and 
>receive multiple streams of digital video, audio and data wirelessly, 
>all at extremely low price points and power consumption levels that 
>cannot be reached by existing solutions. XtremeSpectrum will focus on 
>customers in the OEM consumer electronic, OEM PC, PC-peripheral 
>manufacturing, and wireless networking ODM/OEM spaces. For more 
>information about the company, please call 703/269-3000 or visit
>
>http://www.xtremespectrum.com.
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