Telecom Lead Asia: Cavium, aprovider of semiconductor products for networking, communications and
digital home applications, announced partnership with Qualcomm to offer a
mobile adapter solution based on the industry’s emerging Wi-Fi Display standard
(now known as Miracast) and optimized to provide enhanced peer-to-peer
connections with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform.
The reference solution consists of a Miracast-enabled
mobile adapter featuring Cavium’s PureVu CNW6611L SoC and Qualcomm Atheros’
AR6203X 802.11n dual-band Wi-Fi solution, which is optimized for end-to-end
connectivity with Qualcomm’s latest-generation mobile platform, which combines
the Snapdragon MSM8960 processor and Qualcomm Atheros’ WCN3660 802.11n
dual-band Wi-Fi chipset.
The partnership will benefit major smartphone and tablet
OEMs as they get access to a standards-plus wireless display reference solution
capable of robust and high-quality video transmissions with simultaneous, full
interactivity achieved through optimized video compression and transmission
latency.
Through this partnership both Qualcomm and Cavium are
committed to providing solutions designed to support Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast,
when certification is available, and driving the market adoption of the
emerging peer-to-peer technology.
“The Snapdragon MSM8960 and WCN3660 combination continues to see rapid adoption by
major smartphone and tablet OEMs throughout the industry, thanks to Qualcomm’s
superior processor, cellular and Wi-Fi performance offered in this
platform,” said David Favreau, vice president of product management, Qualcomm
Atheros . Support
for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast in this popular solution is proving to be another
attractive feature to OEMs.”
“Through our Miracast enhancements with Cavium, we
expect to shorten the time-to-market for customers wishing to implement mobile
peer-to-peer applications, by offering a receive-end reference solution with
optimized performance when connecting to the Snapdragon mobile platform,”
Favreau added.
Cavium in pact with Qualcomm Atheros for portable wireless display TV adapter
Earlier this year at the CES, Cavium announced a new
ultra small wireless display TV adapter reference platform developed in
collaboration with Qualcomm Atheros. The Tiga-Mini adapter is developed to
address the emerging wireless display receiver market for mobile devices.
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