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Weightless Specification Silicon for M2M Launches
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The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the release of the world's first transceiver chip using the Weightless Specification and operating over white space spectrum.
Capable of tuning across the entire UHF TV white space spectrum (470 - 790MHz), the single chip solution draws very little power while delivering reliable, secure, long range wireless connectivity for next generation M2M applications using the Weightless Standard.
Developed by Weightless SIG Promoter Group Member, Neul, and dubbed 'Iceni', samples are available today to select partners to begin testing and development of new white space-enabled solutions. More details of the silicon can be found on the company's website.
Developed by the team behind the world's first single-chip Bluetooth device, Iceni operates within white space spectrum to access the high quality and license free UHF spectrum. Iceni and Weightless together dramatically reduce the costs and increase battery life in machines connected to the network opening up applications that are not technically or commercially feasible using alternative technologies.
James Collier, CEO of Neul commented "Weightless is a major opportunity for silicon vendors. With a forecasted 5-10 billion devices to be shipped per year, this is a market that is bigger than cellular, and one that will support as many as a dozen major silicon vendors. The Weightless SIG already has silicon companies as members, and we expect a number of them to develop their own silicon."
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