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Bluetooth to Boost Speed via Wi-Fi

Bluetooth to Boost Speed via Wi-Fi

The Bluetooth SIG has announced plans for a new Bluetooth High Speed standard, which will combine Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless networking as an interim measure while the industry waits for the widespread deployment of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. Under Bluetooth High Speed, Bluetooth devices will be able to switch on an 802.11-based Wi-Fi radio to speed up transfers of large files and other data items, but drop back to standard, low-power Bluetooth for everyday tasks. Although the 802.11 radio will consume much more power than everyday Bluetooth, the enhanced file transfer speed should more than make up for the difference.

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Nokia Wibree Becomes Low-Power Bluetooth

Back in late 2006, Finland’s Nokia announced Wibree, a new short range wireless technology it had developed to enable short-range communication between electronic devices. A crucial difference between Wibree and existing Bluetooth technology? Wibree ran on as little as one tenth the power of Bluetooth.

Today, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and the Wibree Forum announced that the Wibree spec will become part of the Bluetooth specification as an ultra low-power version of Bluetooth technology, ideally suited for small devices like watches, toys, sports equipment, entertainment devices, and healthcare devices—and in some cases, devices may be able to operate as long as a year without recharging.  Read more...

UWB Bluetooth Picked to Link Home Devices

Many of the worlds largest electronics firms have agreed to use forthcoming WiMedia UWB (ultra-wideband) Bluetooth wireless technology to distribute high-quality video and other data between home electronics devices like televisions, camcorders, music systems, and computers. The announcement marks an agreement between the WiMedia Alliance and the Bluetooth SIG; backers include major industry players like Nokia, Microsoft, Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Motorola, HP, Intel, Kodak, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Texas Instruments and Nokia and Toshiba.

The agreement should enable widespread regulatory acceptance of high data-rate Bluetooth solutions by utilizing unlicensed radio spectrum above 6 GHz, bypassing concerns from regulatory agencies in Europe and Asia. In theory, the agreement may lead to standardized short-range wireless communications between devices regardless of manufacturer.  Read more...

New Bluetooth Profiles Enhance Mobiles

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group yesterday announced enhanced profiles for in-car phone handling and mobile phones with streaming music. The new Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) and enhanced Hands-Free Profile (HFP 1.5) are expected to be found on new products hitting the market later this year.

With the PBAP, said the Bluetooth SIG, the information from the mobile’s phone book will be made available in the hands-free car kit, making it accessible to the user. The user can download and browse the phone book from any mobile phone or PDA. The HFP 1.5 is updated to include common features from the mobile phone such as enhanced call control, phone status indicators, response and hold, and information about the subscriber number. In addition, audio quality is reportedly enhanced.  Read more...

Bluetooth Could Hit Home Audio

“Audio and video are the killer apps,” said Robin Heydon, a technical consultant for Bluetooth chip maker Cambridge Silicon Radio. Stereo audio headsets will be coming out very soon, he said, taking the concept of a Bluetooth headset a step further.

On the other hand, a home automation working group has received confirmation, Cook said, signaling that the technology may soon seek to challenge Zigbee and other home automation protocols. In addition, a global navigation systems study group has formed, a natural evolution of Bluetooth’s success in hands-free communication inside automobiles.  Read more...

CEA Announces Product Returns Group

CEA also announced that the new Product Returns SIG will release a consumer survey exploring attitudes regarding product returns next week at CEA’s Industry Forum, October 18-20, in San Francisco,Calif. The 2004 CEA Industry Forum, co-located with the fall meeting of the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) and the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) Symposium, is the consumerelectronics event for industry networking, leadership and education.

“Product returns are a critical issue for the consumer electronics industry and by establishing a SIG, CEA is able to help the industry coalesce to address the matter,” said CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro.

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OEMs Start Selling PCI Express Motherboards

NVIDIA Corporation today announced that its top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs) are now being offered with the industry’s leading PCI Express motherboards from AOpenInc., ASUSTeK, Gigabyte Technology, and MSI. Together with its partners, NVIDIA is helping to push the visual envelope and deliver seamless multimedia experiences with cinematic-quality graphics atits core.

“We believe PCI Express bundles are the perfect solution for OEMs and system builders who want to provide their customers with one efficient and complete PCI Express package,” stated Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. “By working with our partners, we are ensuring consumers can benefit from having one of the most reliable platforms, while enjoying the features, performance, and quality that NVIDIA products are world-renowned for.”

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Speedier Bluetooth EDR Announced

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group today launched Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) Bluetooth, which permits speeds up to 2.1 Mbps

NVIDIA Announces PCI Express Products

From NVIDIA’s press release:

NVIDIA Corporation today unveiled the industry’s first top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs), all designed to take full advantage of the additional bandwidth and features that this new I/O interconnection standard delivers. By using an innovative PCI Express (PCX) high-speed interconnect (HSI), a complex piece of networking technology that performs seamless, bi-directional interconnect protocol conversion at incredible speed lines, NVIDIA can transform its current award-winning GeForce FX series into a full-family of PCI Express GPUs.

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  • NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950– based on the DX9 GeForce architecture, this new GPU delivers extreme graphics power and performance for extreme gamers.

Nvidia Announces PCI Express GPU’s

This new GPU family is all designed to take full advantage of the additional bandwidth and features that this new I/O interconnection standard delivers. By using an innovative PCI Express (PCX)high-speed interconnect (HSI), a complex piece of networking technology that performs seamless, bi-directional interconnect protocol conversion at incredible speed lines, NVIDIA can transform itscurrent award-winning GeForce FX series into a full-family of PCI Express GPUs.

The new family includes:

  • NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950– based on the DX9 GeForce architecture, this new GPU delivers extreme graphics power and performance for extreme gamers.
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