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Mon Nov 10 2003
Motorola buys high-speed wireless chipmaker
The purchase of XtremeSpectrum gives Motorola a product lead in ultrawideband chips, but could plunge the company into a heated standards battle.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Wed Oct 29 2003
Ultra wideband may end up royalty-free
XtremeSpectrum tells a standards body that if its ultra wideband technology is chosen, it won't make other companies pay royalties.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Wed Feb 12 2003
Is ultrawideband too wide?
The satellite industry and its TV and cable customers say the short-range wireless standard threatens to interfere with many of their broadcasts.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Fri Sep 12 2003
Ultrawideband gets new standards hearing
An international standards body will try again next week to settle on an industrywide blueprint for UWB, a wireless technology meant to rival Bluetooth.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Thu Nov 13 2003
Factions face off in ultrawideband arena
A key meeting for the standardization of the wireless technology fails to reconcile the two main camps, as Intel accuses Motorola of breaking nondisclosure agreements.
Posted by
Rupert Goodwins
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Fri Jul 26 2002
Wireless chips take their first steps
Chips using the very powerful, and controversial, ultrawideband wireless technique are on their way for testing by device makers.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Mon Jun 7 2004
Motorola unit plans ultrawideband chips
Spurred by the demand for faster data transfer capabilities in media players, digital cameras and other devices, Freescale Semiconductor is readying products designed to allow for transfer rates of up to 1gbps.
Posted by
Dinesh C. Sharma
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Tue Jul 15 2003
Consensus builds for ultra wideband
An accord between Intel and TI takes the stage as standards creators meet to ponder a host of proposals for the wireless standard, which could rival Bluetooth and perhaps Wi-Fi.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Wed Oct 23 2002
Ultrawideband gets a break
A new FCC study suggests that the wireless technology causes less interference for bandwidth neighbors than first believed--even less than laptops or microwaves.
Posted by
Ben Charny
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Tue Mar 11 2003
Military's 'sneaky wave' out of hiding
Intel, Sony and others are meeting to decide on a new wireless standard to rival Bluetooth--and a military technology once known as the "sneaky wave" is making a splash.
Posted by
Ben Charny
