MindTree Consulting Announces ''UltraWiz'' range of UWB IP's

Bangalore -- April 3, 2007 -- MindTree Consulting, a leading Product Design Services Company, today announced the availability of “UltraWiz”, its Ultrawide Band Silicon Intellectual Property.

MindTree’s “UltraWiz” UWB MAC silicon IP is based on the WiMedia MAC 1.0 specification and MAC-PHY interface specification V1.2 and has been validated on FPGA platform. The “UltraWiz” IP meets all mandatory and optional features and is ready for integration in a SOC platform. In addition, MindTree offers complementary test tool “UTest” for validation and testing of all mandatory and advanced features.

UWB technology is experiencing increased traction and is well on its way to becoming a mainstream technology. Industry analysts forecast that UWB would find increased penetration into devices like IP STB, Digital Still Cameras, Camcorders, HDTV’s and mobile handsets. Analysts predict UWB shipment volumes would touch 289 million in 2010 (Source: Instat) and 315 million units by 2011 (Source: ABI Research). By 2011, 20% of mobile handsets are expected to be UWB enabled (Source: Unstrung).

Certified Wireless USB based on UWB common Radio Platform is expected to eliminate the cobweb of wires behind the PC and the announcement of Wireless USB Hubs and PC Dongles from leading OEMs is a first step in this direction. The vast installed base and success of wired USB makes the ideal setting and use case for the advent of Wireless USB with the convenience of wireless connectivity. UWB is also set to provide transfer of HD video at blazing rates of 480Mbps at <3m distances.

“After our successful Bluetooth IP program, UWB is the logical way forward in our IP development efforts for short range wireless technologies. MindTree’s UWB IPs provide reusable building blocks, engineered for effective integration into SOC’s and shorten time to market for our customers,” said MindTree Consulting Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, R&D Services, Vinod Deshmukh.

About MindTree Consulting Ltd

http://www.mindtree.com/product/overview.php

MindTree Consulting is a leading Product Design services company with development center in India and the U.S.  The Company provides end-to-end project execution through a hybrid delivery model called OneShore™.

MindTree Consulting is a leading independent provider of Bluetooth and Ultrawide Band IPs in the short range wireless domain. MindTree has over 25 licensees with products successfully shipping for its Bluetooth Baseband controller and Software IPs.
For further details write to uwb@mindtree.com