Ozmo Devices Brings Low-Power Peripheral Connectivity to Wi-Fi Personal Area Networks

(Business News & Technology News, 4 Jun 2008)

Ozmo Devices is collaborating with Intel Corp. to enable low-power devices to operate with Intel's Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) technology.

According to Dave Timm, Ozmo Devices' CEO, the company's low-power solution benefits users as well as platform and peripheral developers. "With the rapid proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled platforms, from PCs and game consoles to smart phones, there's a tremendous benefit to enabling wireless peripheral connectivity over Wi-Fi without adding complexity and cost to the platform. Legacy technologies such as Bluetooth require that another, dedicated radio be added to the platform and compromise on the performance, battery life, and scalability demanded by today's wireless connectivity applications. In addition to delivering superior performance, Ozmo Devices' technology also provides a better user experience, which will translate into accelerated adoption of wireless peripherals and, ultimately, a preference for Wi-Fi enabled platforms designed to drive them."

Ozmo Devices' low-power technology includes an advanced protocol driver that leverages the Wi-Fi chip on the host side and a highly integrated, ultra-low power IC, for use in wireless peripherals. This unique approach delivers unprecedented performance and cost advantages for system developers while at the same time solving integration and interoperability problems associated with traditional approaches.

Ozmo Devices' technology is being demonstrated this week at Computex 2008, being held at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Taiwan.

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