NEC Delivers UWB ChipsNEC Delivers UWB Chips

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- NEC Electronics Corporation today announced that the company's uPD720170 Wireless USB host controller for PCI interfaces and uPD720180 Wireless USB device wire adapter (DWA) are among the first products to be certified by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF). NEC Electronics' USB-IF-certified host controller and DWA make it easy and economical for designers to implement ultra wideband (UWB) wireless technology between USB peripherals and computers or consumer electronics products via a quick relay of data chunks based on Certified Wireless USB technology.

"NEC Electronics is at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions that will help to speed the adoption of the Certified Wireless USB specification, and we are continuing our commitment to the standard by having some of the first products to be fully certified," said Kunio Mori, general manager, Peripheral Systems Division, NEC Electronics. "These certified chips allow users to leverage the investment they have made in their current USB peripherals to make a seamless transition to the wireless standard."

"NEC Electronics' commitment to the Certified Wireless USB specification is a compliment to the importance of the USB-IF's Compliance, Certification and Logo Program," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president. "We are pleased and excited to have NEC Electronics' Wireless USB host controller and DWA among the first products in the industry to become certified."

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