Bristol startup BluWireless has developed a working 60GHz radio front end in a 40nm process for high speed links in the home and office, and is expecting to sign up angel funding in the next few weeks.
The standards have been settled with the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGiG) specification being adopted across the industry, avoiding the problems of competing standards that killed UltraWideband, says founder and CTO, Ray McConnell, speaking at the recent Wireless2.0 conference.
The standards have been settled with the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGiG) specification being adopted across the industry, avoiding the problems of competing standards that killed UltraWideband, says founder and CTO, Ray McConnell, speaking at the recent Wireless2.0 conference.
"We have a 60GHz RF CMOS radio in 40nm working already and are developing a high performance programmable digital signal processor in a 10 x 10mm package with antenna array," said McConnell.
The BW6xx family will come in 2Gbit/s and 4Gbit/s versions with production volumes for WiGig applications in 2012.
"We are aiming at a price of $10 in 2013," he said.
Nick Flaherty has been covering technology and startups since 1990 and is based in Bristol, where he co-founded the SiliconSouthWest network. During that time he has worked for most of the electronics magazines and newspapers in the UK and several in Europe and the US, covering all areas of the industry. He blogs at The Embedded blog www.embeddedblog.blogspot.com and Portable Multimedia www.portablemultimedia.blogspot.com and at www.flaherty.co.uk.
The BW6xx family will come in 2Gbit/s and 4Gbit/s versions with production volumes for WiGig applications in 2012.
"We are aiming at a price of $10 in 2013," he said.
Nick Flaherty has been covering technology and startups since 1990 and is based in Bristol, where he co-founded the SiliconSouthWest network. During that time he has worked for most of the electronics magazines and newspapers in the UK and several in Europe and the US, covering all areas of the industry. He blogs at The Embedded blog www.embeddedblog.blogspot.com and Portable Multimedia www.portablemultimedia.blogspot.com and at www.flaherty.co.uk.
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