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Cambridge, UK and Hong Kong - 29 January 2008 - CSR and NamTai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited (NTEEP) today announced that CSR's RadioPro example design has been selected by NTEEP for its internet radio module. Based on CSR's single-chip Wi-Fi silicon, UniFi-1, the RadioPro design has allowed NTEEP to bring its internet radio module to market in only eleven weeks.
CSR's low cost RadioPro design has enabled NTEEP to produce a versatile module that can easily be adopted to provide Wi-Fi functionality in a number of products including portable media players (PMPs), DAB radios, digital photo frames and VoWi-Fi phones. With full hardware and software components included, NTEEP's module features an embedded microstrip antenna and an integrated PA and LNA; to allow designers to add an external antenna if desired. CSR's RadioPro provides wireless streaming of internet radio via Wi-Fi and has been specifically designed to allow OEMs a quick route to a high growth market.
CSR's UniFi is the lowest power Wi-Fi solution in the market and features an exceptionally small chip scale package (CSP) that measures just 5.8 x 6.4mm. This has enabled NTEEP to produce its internet radio module in a form factor of just 40mm X 40mm X 2.85mm. The module is also directly mountable by SMT equipment for high volume and efficient production.
RadioPro boasts up to 25 hours of active streaming time based on 1500mAH battery. Integrating a high performance 2.4GHz radio, baseband processor and media access controller (MAC), RadioPro includes all the required hardware drivers and a software development kit (SDK) to bring an internet radio to market at a low cost.
Karene Wong, CEO of NTEEP commented, "We are focused on bringing new products to the market quickly to respond to the latest trends. Implemented properly, internet radio is a huge opportunity. The simplicity and ease of use of CSR's RadioPro design allows us to bring our low cost, high quality internet radio modules to the market in a timely fashion for our customers to capture business opportunities."
Tracy Hopkins, Vice President of CSR's Consumer Business Unit, commented, "The internet radio module produced by NTEEP is an excellent example of what we aim to achieve, with RadioPro, for our customers. This reference design enables new and diverse applications simply and quickly whilst allowing best in class functionality."
About CSR
CSR is the leading global provider of personal wireless technology and its product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM and Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.
CSR's customers include industry leaders such as Apple, Dell, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, RIM, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TomTom and Toshiba.
CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Dallas and Detroit in the USA.
More information can be found at www.csr.com
About Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited
NTEEP is a publicly-traded company listed in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since April 2004 (Stock code: 2633) and is itself a subsidiary of Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. - a NYSE-listed company (NYSE Symbol: NTE). NTEEP is an electronics manufacturing services provider to a select group of the world's leading OEMs of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. Our core competence is in COB, with both aluminium and gold wire technologies, and high-throughput SMT. Apart from finished products, we also manufacture CMOS camera modules, GPS modules and, as a result of our close collaboration with CSR, internet radio modules. These modular components can be used in numerous electronic products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, electronic toys, GPS and handheld video game devices. NTEEP is a major player in headsets containing Bluetooth® wireless technology*, where we design and manufacture for some of the well-known brands in this segment.
For more information on NTEEP, visit www.namtaieep.com.hk
Note with respect to our use of "Bluetooth" in this press release: The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by NTEEP is under license.
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