Samsung Picks Xtreme UWBSamsung Picks Xtreme UWB

VIENNA, Va. and SEOUL -- XtremeSpectrum, the leading provider of ultra-wideband semiconductor solutions, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in the consumer electronics industry, today announced that Samsung’s Digital Multimedia R&D Center has integrated XtremeSpectrum’s ultra-wideband modules with Samsung’s multimedia platform. This event marks a one year relationship between the two companies and underscores XtremeSpectrum’s focus on wireless connectivity for multimedia-centric products.

“Samsung is committed to being the leader in consumer multimedia,” said Dr. JM Jo of the digital media R&D Center at Samsung. “In order to keep pace with our digital video demands, we need a wireless technology that is capable of sending multiple streams of video with wire-like performance. We believe UWB has tremendous potential in a variety of our consumer electronics products.”

Samsung utilized XtremeSpectrum’s UWB evaluation kit and Trinity chipsets in its development lab to achieve wire-like connectivity quality between a variety of Samsung consumer products including plasma and digital light processing (DLP) televisions.

“Samsung is a leader in consumer electronics products and their engineering and design teams are world class,” said Martin Rofheart, CEO of XtremeSpectrum. “Being able to deliver a wireless solution that meets their needs represents a significant accomplishment for XtremeSpectrum and our UWB technology. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Samsung as we transition our Trinity UWB product to commercial status.”

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