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Fuzzy Logic NICTA’s new chip promises true wireless revolution
Fuzzy Logic NICTA’s new chip promises true wireless revolution | NICTA’s new chip promises true wireless revolution |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Friday, 22 February 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 The new technology took three years to develop, includes a complete transmitter and receiver, and is the “world’s first transceiver integrated on a single chip”, operating at 60Ghz and using the most common – and inexpensive – semiconductor technology, CMOS. NICTA Chief Technology Officer, Embedded Systems, Dr. Chris Nicol said the availability of a single chip, low cost, very high speed wireless technology will transform the home entertainment industry, making the high speed networking of office and home equipment - without wires – a reality at last. In giving an example, Nicol said that: “Consumers will be able to download a high definition DVD onto their personal digital assistants at a public kiosk in seconds, take it home and play it directly onto their high definition TV.” The technology breakthrough promises to “enable the wireless transfer of audio and video data at up to 5 gigabits per second, ten times the current maximum wireless transfer rate, at one-tenth the cost”. NICTA Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Skellern said that: “Our team, which includes 10 PhD students from the University of Melbourne, has overcome some significant challenges in developing this breakthrough technology”. Skellern continued that: “Developing very high frequency radio components in a standard CMOS process and then integrating those components on a single chip has posed challenges in dealing with the inherent limitations of that process for radio circuits”. Skellern concluded with: “Now that NICTA researchers have successfully addressed these challenges, the ICT industry will soon have access to low cost, low power and high broadband chips that will be vital in enabling the digital economy of the future.” So, how was the technology developed, which major technology companies worldwide helped in the R&D process, and what are some of the other technical details? Please read onto page 2. |
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