Alereon teams with Teradyne for ultrawideband RF test solutions
January 8, 2007
NORTH READING, Mass. -- Teradyne Inc. (NYSE:TER - News) and Alereon, Inc., a leading developer of Wireless USB and WiMedia ultrawideband (UWB) wireless chipsets, have teamed up to create test solutions using Teradyne RF test technology to characterize the operational performance of Alereon's latest UWB devices. The Alereon AL4000 Family chipsets provide complete solutions for UWB applications from the antenna to the drivers, supporting data rates up to 480 Mbps. Teradyne's RF ATE helped enable Alereon's 2006 production ramp of over 10,000 units, with shipments to more than 50 customers in the last six months.
"Teradyne continues to advance their RF roadmap in both performance and cost of test," said Eric Broockman, CEO, Alereon. "They have worked closely with us since 2005 to ensure we could achieve our initial production ramp last year. Teradyne's large installed base at test development centers and subcontractors puts the resources in place to give us a strategic advantage in meeting our time-to-market goals."
Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER)
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