CES 2009: GainSpan Licenses Wipro-NewLogic’s WiLD™ 802.11 WLAN IP for Extreme Low Power Wireless Sensor Applications

Wipro-NewLogic, the semiconductor IP business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and the number one provider of wireless connectivity IPs, today announced that GainSpan, an innovator in Wi-Fi sensor network technology, has licensed Wipro-NewLogic’s WiLD 802.11 WLAN MAC, Modem and Radio IP for use in its GS1010 SoC for Wi-Fi sensors.

The GainSpan GS1010 SoC is a highly integrated system on chip combining a complete WLAN sub-system including the radio with an application CPU, SRAM and Flash memory plus multiple I/Os for sensor connectivity. The SoC is architected for extreme low power operations and features an intelligent power management. Depending on the application, OEM products that incorporate the GainSpan GS1010 SoC can achieve battery life as long as 10 years on a single AA battery.

The WiLD IP provides a complete 802.11 WLAN solution including MAC, Modem and RF (Radio technology). The IP supports both the station and the access point mode. Wipro-NewLogic can also offer design services to customize the IP for special applications like sensor, industrial automation, defence, space among many others.

“With Wipro-NewLogic we found an IP provider who not only had a complete and mature WLAN solution including RF but who could also help us customize the IP for extreme low power operations,” said Vijay Parmar, CEO at GainSpan.

“We are delighted to enable GainSpan to utilize 802.11 WLAN technology in an application that so far has been dominated by Zigbee and other implementations of IEEE 802.15.4 standards. Using our standards-compliant IP, battery powered sensors and embedded applications based on GainSpan technology can now be deployed cost effectively, leveraging the huge installed base of WiFi networks in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal applications,” said Senthil Murugesan, CEO, Wipro-NewLogic.

Wipro-NewLogic has been rated as the number one Wireless LAN IP provider by Gartner for the third consecutive year. The WLAN IP has been integrated into System on Chip (SoC) devices for a broad range of applications such as audio streaming, gaming consoles and Wi-Fi-WiMax combo chips. Besides Wireless LAN, the company’s IP portfolio includes Bluetooth, UWB and 1394 solutions.

Wipro-NewLogic will be showcasing its WLAN and BT IP at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8th – 11th, 2009, in South Hall 4, booth #35716.

About Wipro-NewLogic

Wipro-NewLogic is a leading Semiconductor Design Services Provider and supplier of Intellectual Property (IP) cores for complex wireless and wireline applications; these include Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Ultra WideBand and IEEE 1394 (FireWire). The portfolio of IP cores also contains Software, silicon proven Wireless LAN multiband Radio and Mixed-Signal Blocks such as AFEs, Synthesizers and PLLs.

The services span over Digital, Analog / Mixed-Signal / RF based SoC (System-on-chip) Design, including specialized support for IP Customization, SoC and System Integration, ASIC Backend, Reference Design Development, Prototype Testing, Firmware Development, Application Development and Software Porting. Wipro-NewLogic also provides post GDS2 services such as device characterization, test development and support for device production, packaging and test.

For more information, contact Wipro-NewLogic. Millennium Park 6, 6890 Lustenau/Austria, phone +43 5577 995-211; email to semi.ip@wipro.com or visit its web site at www.wipro-newlogic.com.

Wipro-NewLogic is a subsidiary of Wipro Limited.

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the larges