Technical News

Telelogic announced that the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) has selected the Telelogic Tau SDL Suite to develop the new 802.15 standard. The 802.15 Working Group, which is part of the IEEE Project 802 LAN/MAN standards committee, is addressing the WPAN requirements for PCs, PDAs, peripherals, cellular phones, pagers, and consumer electronic devices to communicate and interoperate with one another. The new standard will allow wireless electronic devices to communicate with each other within a 10-meter radius. These devices may include desktops, cell phones, mobile computers, printers, portable digital audio players, pagers and more. WPAN technology can reduce redundant data entry, duplication of information, hardware I/O components, and software functions.

Telelogic, www.telelogic.com.

UltraRF, a manufacturer of LDMOS RF power semiconductors for the wireless industry, announced a strategic alliance with Stanford Microdevices, Inc. to supply LDMOS power devices to the basestation infrastructure markets. UltraRF will provide Stanford Microdevices with LDMOS foundry support which will allow them to independently manufacture and market LDMOS RF power devices that are designed to operate in the cellular, PCS, and 3G communication bands. SMI will offer drop-in equivalents for several of the UltraRF cellular infrastructure LDMOS devices. The companies will also collaborate to leverage their intellectual property and technologies.

UltraRF, www.ultrarf.com. .

Applied Microsystems Corp. (AMC) and BSQUARE Corp. have agreed to cross-reference each other’s products for development of Windows CE- or NT-based intelligent computing devices. The agreement may help developers of products such as mobile networked computers, set-top boxes, Web-aware telephones, and other Internet-related products. AMC will refer its customers to BSQUARE’s Windows CE licensing capability, Windows CE and NT Embedded professional engineering services, CE Xpress platform development kits, and CEValidator quality assurance tools for the two Microsoft OSes. BSQUARE will refer its customers to AMC’s emulator debugging tools as well as its CodeTEST and LiveCODE tools.

Applied Microsystems Corp., www.amc.com .

Qualcomm, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to license its high data rate (HDR) technology product designs to LG Information and Communications, Ltd. (LGIC) of Korea. Under the agreement, LGIC will pay the same royalty rates on HDRproducts as specified in the LGIC’s existing licensing agreement with Qualcomm for CDMA products.

HDR technology in- corporates an IP-based architecture and is compatible with IS-95A, IS-95B, and future cdma2000 networks.

Qualcomm, Inc., www.qualcomm.com .

IFR Systems, Inc. and Motorola’s Commercial Government and Industrial Solutions sector announced that Motorola has agreed to license its SmartNet and SmartZone trunking protocol to IFR, which will enable IFR to provide test equipment for Motorola systems. IFR will also support the analog systems, a part of the backward compatibility requirement established in the user needs for Project 25 systems.

www.ifrinternational.com .

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with SyntheSys Research, Inc. for its error-analysis technology. This technology will provide engineers with the ability to uncover the causes behind errors in digital components and system hardware. For example, engineers can determine whether their errors are related to the AC voltage supply frequency, data pattern sensitivity, or an incorrectly connected multiplexer chip. Agilent will develop and globally market bit-error ratio products that will incorporate SyntheSys’ BitAnalyzer technology.

SyntheSys Research, www.synthesysresearch.com .

Ditech Communications Corp. announced it has completed the purchase of privately held Telinnovation Service Corp. and Telinnovation Partners, a developer of voice enhancement and echo cancellation technology. Under the agreement, Telinnovation will receive 600,000 pre-split shares of Ditech common stock, worth approximately $68.8 million.

This acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings per share excluding amortization of goodwill, purchased technology and other non-cash components.

Ditech Communications Corp., www.ditechcom.com .