TrendChip, Ralink Team

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- TrendChip Technologies Corporation, a leading xDSL IC developer and provider, and Ralink Technology Corporation, a leading wireless LAN chipset solutions, have jointly announced an industry leading 802.11n WiFi ADSL2+ gateway reference platform that integrates a full spectrum of ADSL2+ technologies developed by TrendChip with the advanced 802.11n draft 2.0 wireless LAN technology developed by Ralink Technology Corporation.

This reference platform consists of TrendChip’s TC3162L SOC, the industry’s most cost competitive ADSL2+ gateway processor, with Ralink’s RT2880 SOC, the industry’s first Wireless LAN Intelligent Network Interface Card(iNIC) designs, to provide a greater than 120 Megabits per second (Mb/s) of throughput for whole-home distribution of multimedia contents.

“By offering the industry’s best price-performance 802.11n WiFi ADSL2+ turnkey solution by integrating Ralink’s leading wireless technology,” stated Shinjou Fang, CEO of TrendChip Technologies Corp. ”TrendChip is enabling manufacturers to deliver the best performance and most cost-effective next-generation WiFi ADSL2+ residential gateways that deliver the full value of 802.11n networking at home.”

Ralink Technology Corp.