Pulse~LINK DEMONSTRATES 667 MEGABIT WIRELESS UWB COMMUNICATIONS
Gigabit Wireless UWB Evaluation Kits Due February 2005
Carlsbad, CA - December 13, 2004 - Pulse~LINK, Inc. announced today that it has achieved the highest data rates ever transmitted and received for Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless communications, demonstrating 667 Mbps of throughput after forward error correction. The new high-speed chipset architecture, capable of surpassing one Gigabit, presents CE manufacturers with DVI, HDMI and 1394b cable replacement opportunities for interconnectivity of high-end multimedia devices and wireless streaming of HDTV.
"Our actual over-the-air data rate is at present 1.3 Gbps per second, with the data throughput presently at 667Mbps", states John Santhoff, Founder and CTO. "Over the next thirty to sixty days, optimization will bring the throughput to Gigabit data rates."
Pulse~LINK will begin making Gigabit wireless UWB evaluation kits available to partners in February 2005. The company's Gigabit RFIC is presently in fabrication and evaluation kits based on the sample RFIC are planned for release in April 2005. In addition to its high speed UWB technology, Pulse~LINK is introducing a new forward error correction technology for wireless communications that is far more efficient at extremely high data rates than the Viterbi forward error correction technology commonly used in other wireless communications.
The high data rates achieved with Pulse~LINK's chipset will enable the first wireless solutions for DVI (Digital Visual Interface), HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) and 1394b (Firewire) cabled devices. Cable replacement for these "video centric" interconnect technologies will allow wireless streaming of HDTV and high quality multi-channel audio for home theater systems. DVI, HDMI and 1394b are also used to interconnect multimedia electronics such as projectors, set-top boxes, high quality DVD players, video cameras, home theater systems and more.
Along with providing higher data rate solutions, Pulse~LINK is pioneering longer-range UWB transmissions for Wireless LANs. "One of the primary requests we've heard from consumer electronics manufacturers of flat panel and high-end displays is for picture-in-picture HDTV wireless transmissions at 25 meters through at least one wall, which we have demonstrated." states Bruce Watkins, Pulse~LINK President and COO. "Pulse~LINK currently offers the only solution capable of sending multiple streams of HDTV wirelessly beyond a single room".
In recent demonstrations, Pulse~LINK transmitted two simultaneous HDTV signals for "picture-in-picture" television through a combined seven inch thick concrete wall and an additional steel-frame drywall at ten meters and has demonstrated the same two streams at distances of 25 meters through one steel-frame drywall.
For more information, please visit the Pulse~LINK web site at http://www.pulselink.net
About Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Pulse~LINK, Inc. is a privately held Delaware Corporation
headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with nearly 300 issued and
pending patents pertaining to UWB wired and wireless
communications technology. Pulse~LINK's CWave® solution provides
up to Gigabit data rates over coax and wireless networks from the
same chipset, enabling consumers the unprecedented ability to
stream and distribute high quality multimedia content throughout
the home. CWave® solutions have the ability to support both 1394
and Gigabit Ethernet over coax as well as wireless HDMI. For
additional information about Pulse~LINK, Inc., please visit: http://www.pulselink.net.
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For More Information:
Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Laurie Watkins
Tel: (858) 794-9414
Mobile: (858) 349-1989
Email: lwatkins@pulselink.net