GCT Semiconductor and ASUS Demonstrate Notebooks with Built-in Mobile WiMAX Capability at WiMAX Expo Taipei
ASUS' Notebooks Integrate GCT's GDM7205 - The Industry's First
Mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Wave 2 Compliant 2.5 GHz Monolithic
Single-chip Solution - Enabling Extensive Connectivity, Dynamic Data
Transfer and Longer Battery Life
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
GCT Semiconductor, a leading supplier of Mobile WiMAX solutions to
the global market, today announced that ASUS, a worldwide leader in
component and notebook design and manufacturing, has integrated GCT's
GDM7205 WiMAX single-chip integrated circuit into the ASUS F8 notebook
series and EeePC. ASUS' F8 notebook series offers mobile multimedia
for revolutionary entertainment on-the-go. The EeePC is a new line of
mobile internet devices (MIDs) providing users with comprehensive
internet applications based on three Es - easy to learn, easy to work
and easy to play.
GCT and ASUS will demonstrate these notebooks at ASUS' Booth S9-3,
at WiMAX Expo Taipei, held at the Taipei World Trade Center in Hall 2,
June 2-6, 2008. GCT will demonstrate its advanced and highly
integrated WiMAX capabilities, including GDM7205, at Booth C2-3.
Based on GCT's industry-proven CMOS RF technologies, GDM7205
implements MIMO, and all PHY and MAC features required for WiMAX
Forum(TM) Wave 2 Certification. This compact solution, which is in
mass production, contains a highly integrated, low-power transceiver
which minimizes the number of external RF front-end components. It
also includes a mobile WiMAX baseband with high performance
dual-processors, and an impressive array of peripherals for
connectivity.
"We're excited to be providing GDM7205 to help ASUS create their
state-of-the-art notebooks equipped with the advanced features and
capabilities of WiMAX," said Dr. Kyeongho (KH) Lee, President and CEO
of GCT Semiconductor, Inc. "GCT's single-chip WiMAX solutions enable
lower power consumption for longer battery life, smaller form-factor
design and lower bill or materials cost."
"ASUS offers revolutionary connectivity and entertainment with our
ultra-light notebooks and mobile internet devices, said Jellent Sun,
Senior Director NB Product Marketing of ASUS. "We are pleased to be
working with a proven industry leader like GCT, who has enabled ASUS
to provide our customers with systems containing reliable high
performance WiMAX capability."
About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global
staff of more than 8000 and a world-class R&D design team, the
turnover for 2007 was 6.9 billion U.S. Dollars. ASUS has been ranked
in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 10 consecutive years, and has been
ranked No. 1 by the Wall Street Journal Asia for best quality products
in Taiwan.
About GCT Semiconductor, Inc.
GCT Semiconductor is a leading fabless semiconductor company that
designs, develops and markets innovative SOC devices for the mobile
handset and wireless broadband industries. With its proven CMOS radio
frequency (RF), wireless modem technology and SOC expertise, GCT
provides state-of-the-art CMOS single-chip mobile WiMAX solutions,
CMOS single-chip mobile TV solutions and highly-integrated cellular
CMOS RF transceivers. GCT empowers 3G and 4G mobile device
manufacturers by reducing BOM cost, lowering power consumption and
minimizing size. For more information, please visit www.gctsemi.com.
GCT Semiconductor, Inc.
Alex Sum, +1-408-434-8022
Mobile: +1-408-835-9686
VP Marketing/Business Development
alexsum@gctsemi.com
Simon Lee, +1-408-434-8039
Product Marketing Director
sylee@gctsemi.com
John Schlaefer, +1-408-434-8021
Chief Operating Officer
jschlaefer@gctsemi.com
Henry Hung, 886-989289678
General Manager, Taiwan Sales
henryhung@gctsemi.com
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