Designed for mobile devices

Feb 16, 2009 14:34 GMT  ·  By

CSR, one of the world's leading providers of personal wireless technology, has announced today the CSR9000, a new connectivity product that demonstrates the company's breakthrough in this field. The new CSR9000 chip is basically designed to enable a long list of technologies to become available on a single solution. Such technologies include Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Wi-FI (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n), FM receive and transmit and GPS. According to the company, the chip will be demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, held between the 16 and 19 of February 2009.

“Connectivity technologies evolve rapidly and at Mobile World Congress we will be demonstrating how CSR is well ahead of the pack,” said Matthew Phillips, senior vice president of CSR’s Handset Business Unit. “We’ve seen attach rates for Bluetooth and FM rise quickly, and Wi-Fi and GPS will follow. Our CSR9000 product means that phone makers can now have a wide range of connectivity technologies as standard and can enable new handset features. With GPS for example, users will be able to take advantage of mapping, geotagging and location-aware social networking. CSR’s GPS solution comfortably enables these types of applications even on mid-range featurephone models where cost, size and processing power are all under tight constraints.”

The new product from CSR will basically provide mobile phone designers with a choice for enabling a wider connectivity support on some of the upcoming small form factor devices. The chip's small size can enable the smallest connectivity modules with sizes of less than 60 square mm, allowing mobile phones and other portable electronic devices to provide a considerable number of connectivity options in a more sleek, lightweight and small form factor.

The company announced that it would demonstrate the connectivity capabilities of its new chip, at the MWC in Barcelona. These demonstrations will allow users to get a perspective on the new product and its support for current and next-generation platforms, such as the Android.