Artimi Inc debuts wireless USB chip

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Artimi Inc. of California has revealed the A-150 - a WiMedia-compliant dual-mode wireless USB and Bluetooth chip.

The A-150 is a low power, highly integrated chip, providing battery optimised wire replacement for high speed data transfer, synchronization and streaming media in power sensitive consumer, communication and PC peripheral devices including Digital Still Cameras, Camcorders, MP3 players and mobile handsets.

The chip includes a media-access controller (MAC) and programmable applications processor, which are supported by software development tools enabling OEMs to add WiMedia-based wireless USB and Bluetooth 3.0 communications capabilities to devices.

The chip provides up to 480-Mbit/s wireless communications to hand held devices, with the addition of only 60 milliwatts of power consumption. For older peripherals, thumb-sized USB devices with a A-150 inside can be plugged into the existing USB port to turn it into a wireless peripheral.

The A-150 is available now in sample quantities and will enter volume production by the end of 2007.

Artimi has its headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its research and development facilities are based in Cambridge, UK, and the company has sales offices in Japan and Taiwan.