Radiospire Networks Announces Availability of Its AirHook(TM) Chipset for In-Room Wireless HD
Market Wire, October, 2007
Radiospire Networks today announced the
availability of its AirHook(TM) chipset, the industry’s highest bandwidth
wireless HD connectivity solution. The AirHook chipset allows display
manufacturers to achieve uncompressed wireless HD at the lowest cost,
making it the obvious platform for wireless connectivity and the best
choice for today’s home theater and gaming accessories, including cable
replacement dongles, HDTVs, DVD players, game consoles, and other consumer
electronics products.
Radiospire is the first company to break the bandwidth barriers that have
inhibited other wireless solutions from achieving the same high-quality HD
video that A/V cables provide. The AirHook chipset utilizes the widest
bandwidth (1.7 GHz of unlicensed spectrum) and delivers the highest
throughput (1.6 Gbps) of any product on the market, allowing for the
transmission of pure, uncompressed audio and video.
“Radiospire’s unique approach to wireless HD connectivity has the potential
to deliver the highest bandwidth at the lowest cost,” said Brian O’Rourke,
principal analyst at In-Stat, a leading provider of market analysis and
forecasts for end-user devices and semiconductors. “This value proposition
may prove very compelling for the consumer electronics market, where this
technology has the most potential in providing differentiation and allowing
display and other CE manufacturers to capitalize on the fast-growing HDTV
market.”
Radiospire’s AirHook technology is setting a new quality standard for
wireless HD connectivity. Compared with 802.11n and WiMedia-based
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) solutions, which have been repurposed for wireless HD
connectivity, AirHook technology was purpose-built to deliver
high-definition video with unlimited scalability. Based upon a 1.7 GHz
radio link, the AirHook chipset delivers completely pure audio and video
without the use of companion compression chips, which often degrade picture
quality and unnecessarily introduce latency. The inherent bandwidth also
allows AirHook-based products to achieve HD throughputs without having to
resort to multiple antenna techniques that invariably add to system cost,
complexity and size.
“Radiospire is redefining the wireless home entertainment landscape with a
new class of wireless chipset products designed specifically for
high-definition applications,” said Paul Powers, CEO of Radiospire
Networks. “Our innovative approach has allowed us to not only solve the
difficult challenge of delivering cable-like quality without the wire, but
to do it in a way that is easiest and most cost-efficient for the
manufacturer.”
As the first and only purpose-built wireless HD connectivity solution, the
AirHook chipset efficiently and cost-effectively satisfies consumer demand
for 1080p and can scale to meet future industry requirements. AirHook
technology is designed for use in any wideband unlicensed spectrum,
including 3.1 – 4.8 GHz and 57 – 66 GHz, and supports all major worldwide
video formats.
AirHook chipsets are in production and ready for use today in consumer
electronics products. For more information, visit www.radiospire.com .
About Radiospire Networks
Radiospire Networks, headquartered in Hudson, Massachusetts, is a
venture-backed company that provides revolutionary, wireless HD
connectivity solutions for the display, accessory and gaming markets.
Radiospire’s AirHook(TM) technology is a chipset-based solution that
enables the in-home transmission of high-definition (HD) video, without the
hassle or mess of cables. Purpose-built to provide maximum bandwidth for
the highest quality HD at the lowest cost, the AirHook chipset is available
today for integration into cable replacement dongles, HDTVs, DVD players,
game consoles and other consumer electronics products
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