Marvell's New Usage Models For Bluetooth,Wi-Fi Single Chip Solns

Marvell has announced new advanced features for its Wi-Fi/Bluetooth single chip technology. The Marvell 88W8688 provides a Marvell mobile hotspot mode that can be used to transform any CE device with an Internet connection into a wireless hotspot; this feature is optimised for very low power consumption on battery-powered CE devices.

The Marvell 88W8688 also supports BT-AMP (Alternate MAC-PHY), thereby facilitating the support of new Bluetooth usage models such as simultaneous audio-video streaming and instant address-book synchronisation. The Marvell 88W8688 has full support for enterprise-grade smartphone features including Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) for security and range expansion as well as WLAN VoIP. The Marvell 88W8688 also supports WAPI for Wi-Fi enabled handsets for the Chinese market.

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"By enabling all these enhanced features in our combined Wi-Fi/Bluetooth product we are addressing the huge international markets for handsets, portable media players, automotive head-units and gaming platforms using a single device" said Partho Mishra, VP and GM, Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell. "We are able to leverage the processing power of our embedded Sheeva CPU technology along with our expertise in building small ultra-low power wireless devices to provide a fully featured product offering with a total wireless module footprint of only 50 mm."