IRVINE, Calif.-As Bluetooth continues to slowly make its way into the wireless world, Broadcom Corp. announced Motorola Inc. is using its Blutonium single-chip Bluetooth transceiver in a variety of its mobile phones, including the new V500, V600, A760, A830 and A835 phones.
Broadcom said its single-chip Bluetooth solutions have been shipping in Motorola phones since early this year. The company’s Blutonium chips integrate both RF circuitry and digital baseband processing functions into a single all-CMOS integrated circuit.
In other Bluetooth news, Silicon Wave and RF Micro Devices Inc. introduced their new SiW3500 UltimateBlue single-chip Bluetooth product. The product is a result of a strategic relationship signed by the two companies in May, under which Silicon Wave granted manufacturing licenses to RFMD for its single-chip UltimateBlue ICs and standalone CMOS Bluetooth radio modem solutions. RFMD is responsible for the supply chain of Silicon Wave’s CMOS Bluetooth solutions and is the exclusive global channel partner for these products.
