Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Tality Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) prep Bluetooth reference modules

Pair preps Bluetooth reference modules
By Patrick Mannion, EE Times
June 1, 2001 (3:53 p.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010601S0055

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Tality Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) will soon release the first in a series of jointly developed reference modules that they said will function as complete embedded Bluetooth systems. The modules will significantly reduce time-to-market for Bluetooth products while increasing the probability of first-time interoperability, the companies said.

Philips Semiconductors is providing the modules' RF and baseband ICs, and Tality is providing its protocol stack and application profiles. Tality, the former Electronic Design Services unit of Cadence Design Systems Inc., will provide system integration services with the modules, which will also be available for license by those wishing to design systems themselves. The first module, measuring 21 by 15 mm, will be released in the second quarte r.