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December 11, 2007

DisplayLink and Alereon Introduce Wireless USB Graphics Adapter

By Niladri Sekhar Nath, TMCnet Contributing Editor

DisplayLink and Alereon have jointly developed a reference design for a Wireless USB display adapter that enables PCs to connect to nearby standard displays without wires while delivering beautiful image quality and instantaneously interactive performance.




The reference design combines Alereon's Worldwide WiMedia Alliance-certified AL5000 chipset with DisplayLink's network display technology to achieve the high image quality and the performance of wired displays without the wires. In addition, this is the only adapter design that helps manufacturers produce a Wireless USB adapter that meets all regulatory requirements across the globe.

The design also leverages Wireless USB to deliver fast ultra-wideband (UWB) speeds using a standard wireless USB input and output resolutions up to 1680 x 1050 and 16.7 million colors with smooth DVD video playback and quick responsiveness.

"A display connected using this wireless reference design feels and looks to a user exactly like a wired display," said Hamid Farzaneh, DisplayLink president and CEO, in a press release. "As evidenced by the proliferation of wireless mice and keyboards, the availability of the technology to bring the same freedom to monitors is just what OEMs need to spur explosive growth in this market."

Because the design is based on Alereon's Worldwide WiMedia Alliance-certified AL5000 chipset, products based on it will be compatible with future Wireless USB-enabled notebook computers from major PC vendors.

"Providing a standards-based design is critical for our OEM partners so they can be assured of compatibility with broadly available laptops and notebooks," said Eric Broockman, CEO of Alereon. "Our partners require the combination of standards-based wireless technology, exceptional throughput and worldwide footprint to achieve mass adoption."

Alereon's AL5000 Worldwide Wireless USB chipset integrates all of the essential RF circuitry, including synthesizer VCO/PLL, anti-alias filters, LNAs and transmit/receive (T/R) switches, Media Access Controller (MAC) and Baseband Processor (News - Alert) (BBP).

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Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

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