Ubicom Processors Drive Award-Winning Innovations at CES 2008
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Five products named CES Innovation Honorees; c/net and LAPTOP
Magazine's Best of CES 2008 awards recognized Logitech and NETGEAR
products with Ubicom processor technologies
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Ubicom(R), Inc., a leading provider of communications processor
and software solutions, announced that its processing and software
technology was used to create five products named as CES Innovations
2008 Award Honorees. The Logitech Squeezebox(TM) Duet won the c/net
Best of CES 2008 award for home audio and the NETGEAR(R) HD / Gaming
5GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit (WNHDEB111) received LAPTOP Magazine's
Best of CES award for Wi-Fi / home-networking.
The Squeezebox Duet, Squeezebox & Transporter(TM) network music
players from Logitech take advantage of Ubicom's high-performance
multi-threaded architecture, DSP instruction set and robust network
stack. These devices can play the highest quality audio, communicate
reliably over a Wi-Fi network and simultaneously drive beautiful
displays without missing a beat.
LAPTOP Magazine Best of CES recognized NETGEAR HD / Gaming 5GHz
Wireless-N Networking Kit (WNHDEB111), which uses Ubicom's
StreamEngine technology. StreamEngine technology identifies and
prioritizes delay-sensitive applications over a home network to
optimize the viewing experience of media-rich content such as
streaming HD video and online gaming. The WNHDEB11 can be used as a
standalone bridge or can be added to any existing wireless router for
high performance 5GHz Wireless-N access-point capability between the
home network and consumer media devices.
The flexibility of the Ubicom technology is shown by the wide
variety of products honored in different categories at CES:
-- Audio Components: Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music
System
-- Digital Imaging: D-Link(R) DSM-210 Wi-Fi Picture Frame
-- Electronic Gaming: D-Link(R) DGL-4500 D-Link DGL-4500 Gaming
Router
-- Home Networking: NETGEAR(R) WNHDE111 HD / Gaming 5GHz
Wireless-N Networking Kit
-- Computer Peripherals: Silicondust HDHomerun(TM)
"The award-winning products using our technology combine media and
networking in ways that are easy to use and solve real consumer
problems," said Cathal Phelan, CEO of Ubicom. "We are proud to help
our customers build great products."
About Ubicom, Inc.
Ubicom develops communications and media processor (CMP) and
software platforms that address the unique demands of real-time
interactive applications and multimedia content delivery in the
digital home. The company provides optimized system-level solutions to
OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, access
points, bridges, VoIP gateways, streaming media devices, print servers
and other network devices. Ubicom's unique multithreaded processor
design, real-time operating system, and application-level solutions
combine to ensure a high-quality user experience with unprecedented
ease of use. Ubicom is a venture-backed, privately held company with
corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. For more information,
visit www.ubicom.com.
Ubicom, Inc.
Michelle Sims, 408-789-2210
michelle.sims@ubicom.com
or
LEWIS PR for Ubicom
Michelle Homes, 415-992-4400 (Press)
ubicom@lewispr.com
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