D-Link and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) recently announced that the two companies have entered into a broad collaboration to integrate TI’s 802.11 technology into the 2.4GHz D-LinkAir wireless network solutions for retail. Combining the strengths of both companies, D-LinkAir products will provide higher data-rates and wider coverage areas through the use of TI's ACX100 chip, which delivers at least a 30 percent throughput improvement at 11Mbps (CCK-operation) at greater distances than competition.
“This is an exciting time for TI as we team up with D-Link to bring our wireless technologies to market. We are very pleased that they have selected our WLAN technology for use in the next generation of their widely respected D-LinkAir+ series of IEEE 802.11b wireless networking solutions,” said Marc Cetto, general manager of the Wireless Networking Business Unit at Texas Instruments. TI’s 802.11b technology offers D-Link high-performance, standards-compliant Wi-Fi operation with interoperability to seamlessly work with the current installed base of 802.11b products.”
“The ACX100 technology from Texas Instruments features a versatile and powerful design that will allow consumers to achieve greater levels of performance when networked to other IEEE 802.11b compliant wireless devices,” said Steven Joe President of D-Link Systems Inc.. “In addition, with the TI chip we can deliver extended reach and range at even faster speeds when the TI-based D-LinkAir networking products are connected to each other.”
D-LinkAir
D-LinkAir wireless connectivity solutions provide maximum throughput and advanced roaming capabilities for wireless e-mail access, Internet connectivity, file sharing, and other network resources. Share Internet connections by networking all the PCs in the home to one broadband Internet connection and save on the cost of multiple broadband accounts.
D-LinkAir+ products are based on TI’s ACX100.
TI’s ACX100
Comprised of an integrated Media Access Controller (MAC) and baseband processor, the TI ACX100 wireless chip provides affordable, high-performance 802.11b operation. TI has strongly prioritized interoperability allowing equal or better performance with the TI ACX100 when used in an 802.11 network that is not TI-based. TI’s 802.11 designs deliver better performance through optimization of design resources of TI and industry leading radio manufacturers.
About D-Link
D-Link is a worldwide leader and award-winning designer, developer, and true manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With global manufacturing International Standards Organization ISO 9001, 9002, ISO 14001 Certifications and numerous National Technical Excellence awards earned for R&D and manufacturing, D-Link delivers product excellence, quality, reliability, compatibility, high-performance within standards, and easy installation software, educational materials, and manuals.
The company has increased its world-class production capacity to more than a million square feet of manufacturing facilities in six state-of-the-art factories in four countries -- Taiwan, China, India, and the United States. With millions of Ethernet adapters and millions of hub and switch ports manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the network and communications market. D-Link has been profitable every year since its inception in 1986, and continues to grow at a rate that will allow the company to experience continued prosperity. D-Link sets the standards for market affordability, while focusing on “Building Networks For People.”
D-Link on the Internet: http://www.dlink.se
About Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com.