Bluetooth, WiFi combo chip from Agere USI

USI is incorporating Agere's solution in both a small-form-factor Wi- Fi/Bluetooth module and a Wi-Fi-only module, on display this week at the Bluetooth Developers Congress.

Agere Systems announced that its Wi-Fi networking chip set is being used by original design manufacturer Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. (USI) for the industry’s first small-form-factor802.11b/Bluetooth wireless module specifically designed for handheld consumer devices. This integrated module offers the seamless connectivity, small size and low power required in such portablewireless products as personal digital assistants (PDAs), Smartphones, digital cameras, camcorders and printers.

Agere is providing USI with its complete WaveLAN