WiSpry Named 'Cool Vendor' by Leading Analyst Firm29 March 2006
WiSpry, Inc., developer of low-cost, high-performance radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) tunable components and modules for the wireless industry, today announced that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in Semiconductors, 2006" report by Stanley Bruederle, et al of Gartner, Inc., March 15, 2006.
"The growing complexity of wireless devices and the challenges presented by the emergence of multi-standard and multimode operation is causing designers to turn to RF-MEMS devices for applications such as cellular phones," said Jeff Hilbert, president, CEO and co-founder of WiSpry. "The future addition of wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Global Positioning System (GPS) and other wireless technologies will add even more complexity. RF-MEMS devices form the core of tunable RF front ends while simultaneously improving system performance and overall power efficiency, both increasingly important in handset design. We are pleased that Gartner has chosen to include WiSpry as a cool semiconductor vendor for 2006."
WiSpry's digital capacitor technology is providing key elements in future mobile phone designs by making it possible to design tunable filters, duplexers and adaptive matching circuits. The Company's MEMS devices can be designed for low-temperature silicon or gallium arsenide processes, making it possible to integrate them in RF devices over the active circuitry, further reducing the size of the RF section of a mobile handset. This is critical to creating the small form factor consumers want while adding new multimedia capabilities and longer battery life.
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
About WiSpry
WiSpry, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., designs and markets hardware components and modules to radio frequency (RF) system manufacturers of voice and data communications and acquisition products. Utilizing the Company's core competency in radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) technology, WiSpry's products enable system designers to achieve the architectural innovation required for the growing diversity of mobile and fixed electronic applications and networks. Principle investors of WiSpry include Blueprint Ventures, American River Ventures, Sid R. Bass Associates, Shepherd Ventures, In-Q-Tel and Tech Coast Angels. For more information, visit http://www.WiSpry.com.
Source: prnewswire
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