Press Release
Sandbridge Technologies Unveils SandBlaster™ Software Defined Radio Baseband Processor
Sandbridge To Host Chip Demonstrations During 3GSM World Congress, Announces Ongoing Chip Evaluations
Cannes, France, February 17th, 2003 – Sandbridge Technologies (HQ: White Plains, New York, USA) today announced that its SandBlaster™ DSP and Software Development Toolkit (SDK) are being evaluated by leading handset manufacturers for use in their future multimode, multi-function handset terminals. Sandbridge will be demonstrating its breakthrough high-performance, ultra-low power, software-defined-radio (SDR) reprogrammable SoC technology during the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France February 17-21, 2003.
“By selecting Sandbridge as provider for SDR based baseband processors our customers will
drastically speed up time-to-market for their handset terminals, reduce their R&D investment
and realize the advantages of a completely reconfigurable solution. Customer response to our
technology and capabilities clearly attests to Sandbridge’s position as the frontrunner in SDRbased
baseband processor technology”, said Mr. Guenter Weinberger, president and CEO of
Sandbridge Technologies.
About SandBlaster SB9600 Processor
The SandBlaster SB9600 processor is an ultra-low power, multi-threaded processor capable of executing Java, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and RISC-style control code in a unified architecture. The SandBlaster’s small die size, ultra-low power consumption and extreme performance combined with a leading edge, highly optimizing C compiler makes it the processor of choice for convergence applications.
The SB9600 SoC enables rapid implementation and operation of numerous multimedia applications and multiple wireless communication protocols on a single programmable platform. Furthermore, handset capabilities can be easily enhanced with new protocols, applications and functions through over-the-air dynamic software downloads. This capability reduces product feature support cost, time-to-market and product introduction risk, while increasing handset OEM productivity
The SB9600 was designed by experts for flexible, rapid implementation of computationally intensive wireless devices in a single, ultra-low power, small footprint, low-cost platform. The Sandblaster SB9600 is the cornerstone product through which the Sandbridge vision of ubiquitous access to centric voice, data, and multimedia can be realized.
About Sandbridge Technologies
Sandbridge Technologies, Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets software-defined radio (SDR) baseband processors for multimode, multi-function wireless terminals. Sandbridge provides its customer’s tremendous competitive value in the global cellular marketplace through its exceptionally cost effective, ultra-low power broadband wireless technology based on the SandBlaster DSP baseband architecture. Sandbridge semiconductor products uniquely enable fully-programmable, multimode, multifunction wireless communications solutions to energize future multimedia handset products. Sandbridge Technologies Inc. is a venture-funded company, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Columbia Capital.
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Sandbridge Technologies Inc., 1 North Lexington
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Phone: +1.914.287-8505, Fax:
+1.914.287-8501, info@sandbridgetech.com, www.sandbridgetech.com
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914-287-8553
dmalek@sandbridgetech.com
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