WiLinx Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa LX2 Processor Core for Low-Power UWB Chips

Following an in-depth technical analysis, we selected Tensilica's Xtensa LX2 configurable processor core for our single chip low power True-UWB product families. The 7-GHz coverage of our solution unleashes the full capacities of the WiMedia based UWB solution to our customers. In particular it includes 'above 6 GHz WiMedia bands,' mandatory for Bluetooth-3.0 enabled devices, stated Masoud Djafari, CEO and co-founder of WiLinx. Tensilica's easily configurable processor technology plays a key role in delivering the feature rich WiMedia protocol at low power and cost. It also makes the product more flexible for future upgrades.

WiLinx has developed key technology that will enable over-the-air, 480 Mbps links across all 12 WiMedia channels in cost-effective CMOS process technology, stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica's vice president of marketing. We're proud that WiLinx has chosen Tensilica, adding to our growing position as a leading processor choice in the UWB market.

Unlike standard, off-the-shelf, inefficient processor technologies that are generalized to address a wide range of application requirements, Tensilica's configurable technology allows WiLinx to realize the optimal application characteristics (performance, efficiency and power) that are demanded by complex UWB applications.