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Wipro Technologies has announced that Wipro-NewLogic has completed the design of its dual-role device intellectual property core based on the Certified Wireless USB specification from the USB-IF. This core is available and is one of the earliest MAC cores in the market based on the Certified Wireless USB specification.

Certified Wireless USB is the first high-speed wireless personal interconnect technology to meet the needs of multimedia consumer electronics, PC peripherals, and mobile devices. It will preserve the functionality of wired USB while also unwiring the cable connection and providing enhanced support for streaming media CE devices and peripherals. The technology finds use in various applications such as transferring images from cameras to laptops, wireless printing, faster downloading of music from PC, faster sharing of images and music between mobile phones, etc. Certified Wireless USB performance is targeted at 480 Mbps at 3 meters and 110 Mbps at 10 meters.

Wipro-NewLogic’s dual-role device MAC IP core can work in limited host mode, device mode or simultaneous limited host and device mode. It can thus be implemented as either a device or a dual-role device. It is designed keeping early silicon success in mind and is optimized for performance. It is a mix of hardware and software, where the time-critical functionalities are implemented in hardware and rest of the logic is implemented in software, providing configuration and customization flexibility.

Wipro-NewLogic’s dual-role device (DRD) MAC core is based on its silicon-proven WiMedia-based MAC IP. According to the company, having a silicon-proven WiMedia-based MAC as the basis for the Wireless USB DRD core significantly reduces the fabrication and subsequent production risks for its licensees. Furthermore, using a WiMedia-based MAC as the basis of development makes the implementation future proof, allowing for smooth transition to other ultrawideband solutions like WiNET, Bluetooth over UWB and Wireless 1394. Wipro-NewLogic was the first intellectual property company to announce and demonstrate a full-featured WiMedia-based MAC IP core back in May, 2005.

Wipro-NewLogic’s WiMedia-based MAC and DRD MAC IP core are demonstrated on Wipro’s FireFly platform. Wipro-NewLogic is working with several UWB PHY vendors to ensure interoperability, to cut down adoption risk and to reduce time to market significantly.