PULSE~LINK SELECTS JAZZ SEMICONDUCTOR AS SiGe FOUNDRY PARTNER
SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 15, 2003 - Pulse~LINK Inc. and Jazz
Semiconductor today announced an agreement in which Pulse~LINK will develop a
SiGe RF chip for Ultra Wideband (UWB) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
communications utilizing Jazz Semiconductor’s advanced silicon germanium
(SiGe) Bi-CMOS process. Under the agreement, Jazz will provide foundry services
for the RF transceiver chip, the most critical front-end part of Pulse~LINK’s
high speed UWB WLAN chipset. Pulse~LINK, a leading developer of Ultra Wideband
wireless and wired communication systems, has agreements to supply its chipsets and
solutions to customers for highly secure, high performance, next generation WLAN
applications.
Pulse~LINK is the only UWB company that has announced a FCC compliant UWB system
with 100 meter transmission ranges comparable to WiFi but with significantly
higher data rates. The company is also an active voting member in the IEEE
802.15.3a Standards Group for sub 10 meter Ultra Wideband Wireless Personal
Area Network (WPAN) technology.
"The added complexity involved in achieving these greater transmission
ranges (WLAN vs. WPAN) brings a requirement for greater microchip processing
capabilities than might be typically used for other UWB and wireless
communications," states John Santhoff, Pulse~LINK founder and CTO.
"To mitigate development requirements, we turned to a microchip technology
normally reserved for advanced fiber-optics."
Pulse~LINK complements its selection of Jazz with a new team of ASIC engineers
that has already commercially developed several successful microchips in the
fiber optic industry using the same Jazz SiGe120 process. Bruce Watkins,
Pulse~LINK president and CEO adds, "Jazz is a perfect selection for several
reasons. Their 0.18µm SiGe120 process with Ft = 150GHz and Fmax = 170GHz
is one of the most advanced production processes in the world. The superior
performance and integration capabilities of this process shall enable us to
develop the most challenging RF transceiver. Furthermore, since the manufacturing
is located inside the United States, this relationship complements potential
domestic security markets for our technology."
"We are very excited to have been chosen by Pulse~LINK to pursue this
technologically challenging project," said Theodore Zhu, VP of Sales, Strategy
and Business Development of Jazz Semiconductor. "The market opportunity for
Ultra Wide Band applications is significant and the combination of Pulse~LINK’s
talented design team and Jazz Semiconductor’s unique process capabilities
will help drive the adoption of this technology."
About Jazz Semiconductor
Jazz Semiconductor manufactures semiconductor wafers that enable the development of
high-performance, low-power radio-frequency (RF) wireless and broadband wireline
communications products. The company’s rich heritage in analog and RF
integrated circuits (IC) manufacturing has evolved into a leadership position
in silicon germanium (SiGe) bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor
(BiCMOS) and silicon BiCMOS technologies and design tools that are setting the
standard for communications IC foundry services. Jazz manufactures wafers using
bipolar, BiCMOS, SiGe, analog, and mixed-signal CMOS process technologies.
The Newport Beach ISO9001-certified facility includes 100,000 square feet of
Class 1 clean-room space, and has the capacity to support 21,000 eight-inch wafer
starts per month. Jazz Semiconductor is a privately held company headquartered
in Newport Beach, CA. and has approximately 730 employees. To learn more, visit
www.jazzsemi.com.
About Pulse~LINK
Pulse~LINK, Inc. is a private Delaware Corporation founded in June, 2000 and
headquartered in San Diego, California. The Company has over 100 issued and
pending patents pertaining to Ultra Wideband wired and wireless communications
technology. Pulse~LINK has demonstrated 400 Megabit wireless UWB transmissions
and is pioneering secure UWB Wireless Local Area Networking technology. Pulse~LINK
is also the first and only company to demonstrate UWB over wired media and is
optimizing UWB solutions for cable television networks. For more information,
please visit the Pulse~LINK web site at
www.pulselink.net.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and
are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect
the company’s future financial results are discussed more fully in
Unisys periodic reports as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jazz Contact
Jeff McHenry
Executive Director, Marketing.
(949) 435-8245
jeff.mchenry@jazzsemi.com
Jazz Media Contact
Kerry Fedro
(949) 453-8080
kerry@lages.com
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