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Fujitsu Microelectronics America to Demonstrate New Bluetooth Reference Platform, 14-Bit 800Msa/s DACs, PLL Synthesizers at Wireless Systems Design Conference

Wireless SoC technology, CMOS sensors and global locate’s assisted GPS technology also in booth 1028

San Jose, CA, February 25, 2003 — Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA), a leading supplier of advanced devices for wireless communications applications, will demonstrate a new “hands-free᾿ Bluetooth™-based reference platform, along with a new 14-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and PLL synthesizers at the annual Wireless Design Conference at San Jose Convention Center, February 25 to 27 in booth 1028.

Fujitsu’s Wireless System-on-Chip (SoC) technology will also be featured, along with the Assisted GPS (A-GPS) baseband processor developed in conjunction with Global Locate, Inc., a leader in location-based services.

At the forefront of the Fujitsu exhibits will be the new reference platform, built using Bluetooth Version 1.1. The platform provides a cost-effective, easy-to-use solution that saves automotive system designers the time, effort and resources required to learn the intricacies of the Bluetooth specification. The platform uses BlueA™, Fujitsu’s MBG011 Bluetooth baseband IC, which is integrated with 2MB Flash in a single 8mm x 8mm Fine-pitch BGA 176-pin package.

Fujitsu also will show its new PLL synthesizers, the MB15F76UL and MB15F74UL, which support all major wireless LAN standards including 802.11a and 802.11b. Each incorporates a low-noise phase comparator; a balanced charge pump; dual-modulus prescalers; and programmable reference, main and swallow counters. The devices are designed to implement local oscillators for the up-down conversion sections of wireless transceivers and receivers.

The newly introduced MB86064 dual 14-bit, 800Msa/s DAC is the industry’s fastest CMOS DAC. It delivers industry-leading performance at a very competitive price for cost-effectively designing high direct-IF, multi-carrier systems for GSM, W-CDMA and UMTS.

Other highlights at the Fujitsu booth include:

• Fujitsu’s low-power CMOS sensor, which integrates the sensor and color processor into the industry’s most compact single chip, measuring just 8µm x 10.7µm x 5.54µm. Power requirements are a minimal 30 milliwatts at 15 frames per second.
• Fujitsu’s wireless SoC technology, which provides an industry-leading number of reusable MPU, DSP, I/O, networking, memory and other cores that are integrated into system LSI devices for a broad range of applications.
• Global Locate’s A-GPS, an “indoor global positioning system᾿ that can track anyone, anywhere at virtually any time. Fujitsu co-developed the ASIC technology incorporated into the Global Locate’s international location-based system.

“Fujitsu is providing the wireless market with an impressive group of critical building blocks for advanced wireless applications, along with an industry-leading integration methodology based on our wireless System-on-Chip innovations,᾿ said Keith Horn, FMA’s vice president of marketing. “Our new Bluetooth chips, DACs, PLLs and other products cost-effectively deliver the latest in wireless capabilities.᾿

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About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. For product information, visit the company web site at http://www.fma.fujitsu.com

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