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Suppliers anxiously await 802.11g ratification

With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...

Suppliers anxiously await 802.11g ratification

With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...

Wi-Fi Alliance security standard gathers support

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-Several companies have announced support for the new Wi-Fi Alliance security standard known as Wi-Fi Protected Access, which replaces Wired Equivalent Privacy.WPA is the alliance's third product certification and part of its security roadmap.The following companies have announced their 802.11b...

Palm to use Broadcom Bluetooth transceivers

LAS VEGAS—Palm Inc. said it will use Broadcom Corp.'s line of Bluetooth transceivers as a building block for developing Bluetooth personal area network capabilities for upcoming Palm handheld devices."Broadcom's Bluetooth products are a best-value solution meeting our cost, size, performance and power requirements, while...

Immediate future bleak for chip makers

Chips are falling through the cracks of the slowing economy.Just like phone makers, solutions providers and operators, chip makers are buckling in what analysts describe as their worst time ever.Big names like Texas Instruments, Intel Inc. and Conexant Systems Inc. have reflected the sour...

Conexant licenses LSI DSP

PHOENIX-Conexant Systems Inc. has licensed LSI Logic Corp.'s ZSP400 digital signal processor core for integration across its product lines supporting wireless mobile and communications applications. Conexant joins IBM, Broadcom and Virata in supporting LSI Logic's ZSP open architecture strategy.