Swisscom is deploying the world's first 4x4 MIMO 802.11n gateway. Wireless has long promised speeds fast enough for 4 HD video streams, with 802.11n offering 54 megabits up to a nominal 600 megabits. In practice, no carrier has found wireless to deliver the speeds needed reliably. Dropouts and lost packets look ugly on the TV screen, so even occasional errors are unacceptable.
A 4x4 MIMO chip supports four antennas both for transmitting and receiving, the maximum allowed in the standard. Stéphane Dufour of Swisscom says Netgear/Quantenna gateway is "capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need."
Quantenna's founder Behrooz Rezvani delivered the world's fastest VDSL DMT chips years ago at Ikanos reaching 100 meg. He's looking to match that feat at Quantenna. Delivering the first 4x4 is impressive, but I'm withholding judgment until I get substantial feedback from the field.
Imran Hajimusa in January showed me an impressive demo of their 802.11 chip simultaneously carrying four HD streams. It's only 3x3, but Hajimusa believes Lantiq design features will yield a better chip. A third company, Celeno, has a major win at Liberty Global, the world's #2 cableco.
They write me "MIMO by itself does not correlate necessarily to good carrier-grade Wi-Fi performance. Video over Wi-Fi needs long range and consistent throughput with very low packet loss. In low SNR conditions (i.e. long reach and/or rich multipath home environment), the number of spatial streams typically degrades to one." Celeno supports "transmit beam forming to extend range, scheduled MAC for QoS and additional features such as antenna diversity and channel aware rate selection for increased robustness to fight off dead spots, people moving, dependency on device orientation , etc."
Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, gives Celeno strong support. “Wireless delivery of video content to multiple video displays is an important part of our home gateway strategy, Celeno was able to meet our stringent performance requirements. Its Wi-Fi solution demonstrated the level of flexibility required." Nair was CTO at Qwest back when they were building the world's first substantial VDSL network in Phoenix and his opinion is always well-informed.
Off the record comments from readers testing the new chips very welcome.
Here's Wikipedia's explanation of the number of antennas
The number of simultaneous data streams is limited by the minimum number of antennas in use on both sides of the link. However, the individual radios often further limit the number of spatial streams that may carry unique data. The notation helps identify what a given radio is capable of. The first number (a) is the maximum number of transmit antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The second number (b) is the maximum number of receive antennas or RF chains that can be used by the radio. The third number (c) is the maximum number of data spatial streams the radio can use. For example, a radio that can transmit on two antennas and receive on three, but can only send or receive two data streams would be .
The 802.11n draft allows up to
Quantenna, Swisscom and Netgear Release the World’s First Reliable Video over Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Deployment
Switzerland’s Leading Carrier Deploys NETGEAR Video Bridge That Uses Quantenna’s Wi-Fi 4x4 MIMO Technology to Deliver Most Reliable Wi-Fi Service, Anywhere in the Home.
FREMONT, Calif., October 19, 2010 -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., the leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi video networking for whole-home entertainment, today announced that its Full-11n™ 4x4 MIMO 802.11n chipset has been selected by NETGEAR® for a video-bridge solution that Swisscom has used to complete field trials of the first high-definition (HD) video-over-Wi-Fi service from a major worldwide provider.
The collaboration between Swisscom, NETGEAR and Quantenna is the result of a development partnership between the three companies. In 2008, Swisscom began working with Quantenna to define and develop video service-delivery technology that provides whole-home coverage at very high data rates, which is mandatory for services and applications such as HDTV. NETGEAR, whose first video bridge was introduced in January 2008 at CES, joined the partnership in 2009 to deliver a video bridge that uses Quantenna’s Full-11n product to transport multiple HD video streams from residential gateways to multiple set-top boxes around the home with the highest possible reach and performance. Swisscom will use the NETGEAR video bridge with Quantenna’s Full-11n solution to deploy its whole-home broadband wireless video networking service this month.
“We are excited to be the world’s first major carrier to deploy HD video-over-Wi-Fi services using reliable 4x4 MIMO technology. The close collaboration between Quantenna, NETGEAR and Swisscom resulted in an innovative technology capable of guaranteeing the performance and reliability that our subscribers need for an excellent experience,” said Stéphane Dufour, executive in charge of strategy and innovation with Swisscom.
“Quantenna and NETGEAR have worked closely to ensure that Swisscom’s wireless broadband video service exceeds customer expectations for quality and reliability,” said Michael Clegg, vice president and general manager of the service provider business unit at NETGEAR. “NETGEAR’s new WHDE3004 video bridge leverages Quantenna’s industry-leading 4x4 MIMO technology to deliver the most satisfying consumer experience possible while reducing customer support requirements and minimizing truck rolls and overall deployment costs.”
Quantenna’s third-generation 802.11n chipset fully supports the IEEE802.11n standard with advanced 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) capabilities as well as dynamic digital beamforming, mesh networking and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing. These features work together to deliver performance improvement across five times the coverage area as compared to earlier WLAN technology. Wi-Fi networks that use Quantenna chipsets are capable of delivering the same quality as wired Ethernet, anywhere in the home, while guaranteeing compatibility with existing and future IEEE 802.11n-compliant products. The chipsets also minimize system latencies for real-time applications such as online multi-player role-playing games using bidirectional video-game controllers.
“Quantenna is excited and proud to be part of the world’s first major 4x4 MIMO video-over-Wi-Fi service deployment by a leading worldwide carrier,” said David French, Quantenna CEO. “Our technology gives Swisscom a platform for deploying a variety of triple-play voice, data and video services, with the option to support new service models such as centralized, multi-room DVRs and remote DVR/STB maintenance and management.” Written by Dave Burstein
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May 23, 2010
OFDM or OFDMA?
IEEE 802.16d (fixed service) uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). IEEE 802.16e (mobile) uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). So, what’s the difference between the two, and why is there a difference?
OFDM is sometimes referred to as discrete multi-tone modulation because, instead of a single carrier being modulated, a large number of evenly spaced subcarriers are modulated using some m-ary of QAM. This is a spread-spectrum technique that increases the efficiency of data communications by increasing data throughput because there are more carriers to modulate. In addition, problems with multi-path signal cancellation and spectral interference are greatly reduced by selectively modulating the “clear” carriers or ignoring carriers with high bit-rate errors.
The OFDM spread-spectrum scheme is used for many broadly used applications, including digital TV broadcasting in Australia, Japan and Europe; digital audio broadcasting in Europe; Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modems and wireless networking worldwide (IEEE 802.11a/g).
OFDM allows only one user on the channel at any given time. To accommodate multiple users, a strictly OFDM system must employ Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) (separate time frames) or Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) (separate channels). Neither of these techniques is time or frequency efficient: TDMA is a time hog and FDMA is a bandwidth hog.
OFDMA is a multi-user OFDM that allows multiple access on the same channel (a channel being a group of evenly spaced subcarriers, as discussed above). WiMAX uses OFDMA, extended OFDM, to accommodate many users in the same channel at the same time.
OFDMA distributes subcarriers among users so all users can transmit and receive at the same time within a single channel on what are called subchannels. What’s more, subcarrier-group subchannels can be matched to each user to provide the best performance, meaning the least problems with fading and interference based on the location and propagation characteristics of each user.
The WiMAX forum established that, initially, OFDM-256 will be used for fixed-service 802.16d (2004). It is referred to as the OFDM 256 FFT Mode, which means there are 256 subcarriers available for use in a single channel. Multiple access on one channel is accomplished using TDMA. Alternatively, FDMA may be used.
On the other hand, OFDMA 128/512/1024/2048 FFT Modes have been proposed for IEEE 802.16e (mobile service). OFDMA 1024 FFT matches that of Korea’s WiBRO. OFDM 256 also is supported for compatibility with IEEE 802.16d (fixed, 2004). The final IEEE 802.16e standard is expected to be completed and published in December of this year.
The bottom line is that, most likely, the finalized selection for the OFDMA mode will be 1024 FFT, to be compatible with WiBRO. However, it will not be compatible with the OFDM 256 FFT Mode initially specified for WiMAX fixed service. Perhaps service providers will simply abandon 802.16d in favor of 802.16e for both fixed and mobile services. By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor
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OFDM is sometimes referred to as discrete multi-tone modulation because, instead of a single carrier being modulated, a large number of evenly spaced subcarriers are modulated using some m-ary of QAM. This is a spread-spectrum technique that increases the efficiency of data communications by increasing data throughput because there are more carriers to modulate. In addition, problems with multi-path signal cancellation and spectral interference are greatly reduced by selectively modulating the “clear” carriers or ignoring carriers with high bit-rate errors.
The OFDM spread-spectrum scheme is used for many broadly used applications, including digital TV broadcasting in Australia, Japan and Europe; digital audio broadcasting in Europe; Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modems and wireless networking worldwide (IEEE 802.11a/g).
OFDM allows only one user on the channel at any given time. To accommodate multiple users, a strictly OFDM system must employ Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) (separate time frames) or Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) (separate channels). Neither of these techniques is time or frequency efficient: TDMA is a time hog and FDMA is a bandwidth hog.
OFDMA is a multi-user OFDM that allows multiple access on the same channel (a channel being a group of evenly spaced subcarriers, as discussed above). WiMAX uses OFDMA, extended OFDM, to accommodate many users in the same channel at the same time.
OFDMA distributes subcarriers among users so all users can transmit and receive at the same time within a single channel on what are called subchannels. What’s more, subcarrier-group subchannels can be matched to each user to provide the best performance, meaning the least problems with fading and interference based on the location and propagation characteristics of each user.
The WiMAX forum established that, initially, OFDM-256 will be used for fixed-service 802.16d (2004). It is referred to as the OFDM 256 FFT Mode, which means there are 256 subcarriers available for use in a single channel. Multiple access on one channel is accomplished using TDMA. Alternatively, FDMA may be used.
On the other hand, OFDMA 128/512/1024/2048 FFT Modes have been proposed for IEEE 802.16e (mobile service). OFDMA 1024 FFT matches that of Korea’s WiBRO. OFDM 256 also is supported for compatibility with IEEE 802.16d (fixed, 2004). The final IEEE 802.16e standard is expected to be completed and published in December of this year.
The bottom line is that, most likely, the finalized selection for the OFDMA mode will be 1024 FFT, to be compatible with WiBRO. However, it will not be compatible with the OFDM 256 FFT Mode initially specified for WiMAX fixed service. Perhaps service providers will simply abandon 802.16d in favor of 802.16e for both fixed and mobile services. By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor
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Winners, losers in 2009 foundry rankings
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The 2009 downturn had a huge impact on the silicon foundry market and the top-10 rankings.
In fact, it was a rough year, as the overall foundry market fell by 11.2 percent in 2009, according to Gartner Inc. Here are the winners and losers in the top-10 ranking for 2009:
Winners: GlobalFoundries, Samsung
Losers: TSMC, UMC, Chartered, SMIC, IBM, Vanguard, Dongbu, TowerJazz, MagnaChip, X-Fab
In terms of share in 2009, TSMC was again in first place, followed in order by UMC, Chartered, GlobalFoundries, SMIC, IBM, Vanguard, Dongbu, TowerJazz and Samsung.
Except for GlobalFoundries and Samsung, the other players in the top-10 saw their respective sales fall in 2009. Many lost share as well.
''Companies such as X-Fab and MagnaChip were pushed out of the top 10 rankings by Globalfoundries and Samsung in 2009. Despite the severe downturn, TSMC, UMC, Chartered Semiconductor and Dongbu Electronics still managed to retain the same ranking status as in 2008. SMIC, IBM Microelectronics and Vanguard International Semiconductor, on the other hand, slipped one position lower, and TowerJazz dropped two places,'' said Kay-Yang Tan, an analyst from Gartner, in a report.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) was in first place again, but the company's sales hit $8.997 billion in 2009, down 15.2 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. TSMC's share fell from 47 percent in 2008 to 44.8 percent in 2009.
Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) was in second place again. The company's sales hit $2.730 billion in 2009, down 7.7 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. UMC's share jumped from 13.1 percent in 2008 to 13.6 percent in 2009.
GlobalFoundries Inc. emerged and became the No. 4 player in the foundry business in 2009, according to Gartner. GlobalFoundries, the manufacturing spinoff of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., last year also acquired Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd.
Chartered was in third place in 2009. GlobalFoundries had sales of $1.101 billion in 2009, with 5.5 percent share, according to the firm.
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) went from 4th place in 2008 to 5th place last year. The company's sales hit $1.070 billion in 2009, down 21 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. SMIC's share fell from 6 percent in 2008 to 5.3 percent in 2009.
IBM Microelectronics' unit went from 5th place in 2008 to 6th place last year. The company's sales hit $383 million in 2009, down 32.3 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. IBM's share fell from 2.5 percent in 2008 to 1.9 percent in 2009.
Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor went from 6th place in 2008 to 7th place last year. The company's sales hit $381 million in 2009, down 26 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 2.3 percent in 2008 to 1.9 percent in 2009.
South Korea's Dongbu Electronics remained in 8th place. The company's sales hit $370 million in 2009, down 14.4 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 1.9 percent in 2008 to 1.8 percent in 2009.
Israel's TowerJazz went from 7th place in 2008 to 9th place last year. The company's sales hit $298 million in 2009, down 31.7 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 1.9 percent in 2008 to 1.5 percent in 2009.
Korea's Samsung went from 23th place in 2008 to 10th place last year. The company's sales hit $290 million in 2009, up 130.2 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share jumped from 0.6 percent in 2008 to 1.4 percent in 2009. By
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In fact, it was a rough year, as the overall foundry market fell by 11.2 percent in 2009, according to Gartner Inc. Here are the winners and losers in the top-10 ranking for 2009:
Winners: GlobalFoundries, Samsung
Losers: TSMC, UMC, Chartered, SMIC, IBM, Vanguard, Dongbu, TowerJazz, MagnaChip, X-Fab
In terms of share in 2009, TSMC was again in first place, followed in order by UMC, Chartered, GlobalFoundries, SMIC, IBM, Vanguard, Dongbu, TowerJazz and Samsung.
Except for GlobalFoundries and Samsung, the other players in the top-10 saw their respective sales fall in 2009. Many lost share as well.
''Companies such as X-Fab and MagnaChip were pushed out of the top 10 rankings by Globalfoundries and Samsung in 2009. Despite the severe downturn, TSMC, UMC, Chartered Semiconductor and Dongbu Electronics still managed to retain the same ranking status as in 2008. SMIC, IBM Microelectronics and Vanguard International Semiconductor, on the other hand, slipped one position lower, and TowerJazz dropped two places,'' said Kay-Yang Tan, an analyst from Gartner, in a report.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) was in first place again, but the company's sales hit $8.997 billion in 2009, down 15.2 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. TSMC's share fell from 47 percent in 2008 to 44.8 percent in 2009.
Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) was in second place again. The company's sales hit $2.730 billion in 2009, down 7.7 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. UMC's share jumped from 13.1 percent in 2008 to 13.6 percent in 2009.
GlobalFoundries Inc. emerged and became the No. 4 player in the foundry business in 2009, according to Gartner. GlobalFoundries, the manufacturing spinoff of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., last year also acquired Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd.
Chartered was in third place in 2009. GlobalFoundries had sales of $1.101 billion in 2009, with 5.5 percent share, according to the firm.
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) went from 4th place in 2008 to 5th place last year. The company's sales hit $1.070 billion in 2009, down 21 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. SMIC's share fell from 6 percent in 2008 to 5.3 percent in 2009.
IBM Microelectronics' unit went from 5th place in 2008 to 6th place last year. The company's sales hit $383 million in 2009, down 32.3 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. IBM's share fell from 2.5 percent in 2008 to 1.9 percent in 2009.
Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor went from 6th place in 2008 to 7th place last year. The company's sales hit $381 million in 2009, down 26 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 2.3 percent in 2008 to 1.9 percent in 2009.
South Korea's Dongbu Electronics remained in 8th place. The company's sales hit $370 million in 2009, down 14.4 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 1.9 percent in 2008 to 1.8 percent in 2009.
Israel's TowerJazz went from 7th place in 2008 to 9th place last year. The company's sales hit $298 million in 2009, down 31.7 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share fell from 1.9 percent in 2008 to 1.5 percent in 2009.
Korea's Samsung went from 23th place in 2008 to 10th place last year. The company's sales hit $290 million in 2009, up 130.2 percent over 2008, according to Gartner. Its share jumped from 0.6 percent in 2008 to 1.4 percent in 2009. By
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Update: Intel-TSMC Atom partnership on hold
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. Thursday (Feb. 25)acknowledged that it has no immediate plans to bring to market any Atom chips manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), confirming a report that the groundbreaking partnership announced by the two companies last year has hit a lull.
Earlier Thursday the New York Times reported that the partnership between Intel and TSMC had been placed on hiatus due to lack of customer demand. The report quoted Robert Crooke, general manager of Intel's Atom and SOC development group, saying that the No. 1 chip vendor has not given up on the partnership.
Intel spokesperson Bill Kircos said no TSMC-manufactured Atoms are on the immediate horizon, though he added that the companies have achieved several hardware and software milestones and said they would continue to work together.
"It's been difficult to find the sweet spot of product, engineering, IP and customer demand to go into production," the Kircos said.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) said last March it would port unspecified Atom processor cores to TMSC's technology platform, including processes, IP, libraries and design flows. The deal—the first in which Intel would transfer a processor technology outside to a silicon foundry—was widely seen as Intel's attempt to beef up its presence in the embedded space, where the architecture of ARM Holdings plc dominates.
The delay in moving Atom products into production at TSMC appears signal slower-than-expected progress on execution of Intel's strategy to grow revenue outside of the PC market by pushing its x86 architecture deeper into to the embedded market and elsewhere.
Intel has been trying for years to grow revenue outside of the PC space, where its microprocessors dominate.
Last year the company made a series of moves seen as gearing up for a broader push into new markets—including the TSMC deal, the acquisition of embedded software specialist Wind River Systems Inc. and the $1.25 billion settlement of longstanding legal issues with microprocessor rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Placing its partnership with TSMC on hiatus would appear to cast doubt on Intel's strategy to grow revenue by driving its x86 architecture beyond the PC to the embedded market and elsewhere.
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at market research firm In-Stat, said placing the TSMC partnership on hold does not mean Intel's x86 will fail to make further inroads into the embedded and consumer markets. But he said Intel's quest will require patience.
"It takes time. It takes a lot of time," McGregor said. "They have to build a relationship and build the product. You can't just flip a switch."
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Earlier Thursday the New York Times reported that the partnership between Intel and TSMC had been placed on hiatus due to lack of customer demand. The report quoted Robert Crooke, general manager of Intel's Atom and SOC development group, saying that the No. 1 chip vendor has not given up on the partnership.
Intel spokesperson Bill Kircos said no TSMC-manufactured Atoms are on the immediate horizon, though he added that the companies have achieved several hardware and software milestones and said they would continue to work together.
"It's been difficult to find the sweet spot of product, engineering, IP and customer demand to go into production," the Kircos said.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) said last March it would port unspecified Atom processor cores to TMSC's technology platform, including processes, IP, libraries and design flows. The deal—the first in which Intel would transfer a processor technology outside to a silicon foundry—was widely seen as Intel's attempt to beef up its presence in the embedded space, where the architecture of ARM Holdings plc dominates.
The delay in moving Atom products into production at TSMC appears signal slower-than-expected progress on execution of Intel's strategy to grow revenue outside of the PC market by pushing its x86 architecture deeper into to the embedded market and elsewhere.
Intel has been trying for years to grow revenue outside of the PC space, where its microprocessors dominate.
Last year the company made a series of moves seen as gearing up for a broader push into new markets—including the TSMC deal, the acquisition of embedded software specialist Wind River Systems Inc. and the $1.25 billion settlement of longstanding legal issues with microprocessor rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Placing its partnership with TSMC on hiatus would appear to cast doubt on Intel's strategy to grow revenue by driving its x86 architecture beyond the PC to the embedded market and elsewhere.
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at market research firm In-Stat, said placing the TSMC partnership on hold does not mean Intel's x86 will fail to make further inroads into the embedded and consumer markets. But he said Intel's quest will require patience.
"It takes time. It takes a lot of time," McGregor said. "They have to build a relationship and build the product. You can't just flip a switch."
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India Semiconductor Association names best and brightest
Bangalore, India: The India Semiconductor Association (along with U.K. Trade and Investment) has conferred the TechnoVisionary award for 2010 on Kumar N Sivarajan, co-founder and chief technology officer, Tejas Networks.
In the area of optical networking over the last nine years, Sivarajan has contributed vastly to the design, architecture and development of a slew of next-gen SDH SONET and Carrier Ethernet products that allow telecom carriers to integrate voice, data and intelligent network management on a single network. Kumar was instrumental in Tejas being one of the first companies in the world to have developed and deployed standards compliant Carrier Ethernet-over-SDH SONET. Sivarajan is responsible for setting the technology and product direction for Tejas Networks.
Prior to Tejas, he was an associate professor in the Electrical Communication Engineering Department, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Before this, he has also worked with the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.
Sivarajan is co-author of the textbook `Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective' published in 1998. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, and the 2004 Global Indus Technovator Award from the India Business Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Fortescue Fellowship and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Baker Prize Paper Award.
Sivarajan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Madras and a Ph. D. from the California Institute of Technology.
This year's awards, 'Technovation 2010 - Celebrating Excellence in Electronics' had been constituted with an aim to recognize role models and excellence in not just the semiconductor but also the greater electronics ecosystem " covering the whole electronics value chain. Technovation Awards 2010 acknowledges, recognises and honours India's best individual contributors and companies and provides them with a platform to showcase their achievements and product successes.
Here are the other awards for individuals and in product categories.
TechnoMentors - Academia: Shanti Pavan
A professor of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Pavan did his M.S. and Ph.D from Columbia University, New York. He is a well-known authority in his subject and has mentored several students in the field of analog/mixed signal design.
He has been teaching and conducting research in the analog area since 2002, before which he worked on microwave IC design at Big Bear Networks, California. He graduated with a D.Sc from Columbia University in 1999, where he was affiliated with the Columbia Integrated Systems Laboratory. During his doctorate, a big chunk of the thesis work was done at Texas Instruments. Pavan obtained his B. Tech. degree in electronics and communications engineering from IIT, Madras. His research interests are in continuous-time integrated analog filters, MOS transistor modeling, analog-to-digital conversion, optoelectronics and RF design.
TechnoMentor - Industry: Shreeram Vasanthi
She is the director, technical and marketing, at Websol Energy and an alumnus of the Indian Institutes of Technology, Bombay and Delhi. She has 15 years of experience in photovoltaic industry, been a role model for many within her organization. Through her mentoring and leadership, she led her organization to significantly improve the efficiency of the solar cells produced by her company.
Start-up to Watch - Winner: Saankhya Labs
Saankhya is a fabless semiconductor startup based in Bangalore. It has developed the world's first multi-standard TV demodulation technology targeted for Digital TV and PC TV tuner applications. Saankhya's unique product enables for the first time a truly universal TV demodulator, capable of demodulating all digital and analog TV signals on a single chip.
Start-up to Watch - Honorable Mention: Cosmic Circuits
Cosmic is a leading provider of differentiated analog and mixed-signal silicon IP for integration on to System-on-Chips. With a single-minded focus on analog, and a large team of expert analog designers, Cosmic Circuits offers quality analog Hard-IP solutions for integration into nanometer silicon process nodes.
ISA Best Electronic Product - Consumer: Verismo Networks
Verismo Networks was named the winner for its Internet TV device - a high-definition set-top box bringing internet video over any IP network to your television. The set-top connects to the Internet using a broadband connection and is able to stream content from various content sources such as linear TV channels, free websites like youtube, and premium on-demand Hollywood movies. A multi-format, multi-protocol player along with a video search engine enables access to a very broad range of content found on the Internet.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Consumer - Honorable Mention: Tachyion Technologies
Tachyion's Quillpad is an artificial intelligence based solution for intuitive (completely phonetic) Indian language input. It can be used on PCs as well as mobile phones. On a mobile phone, Quillpad can be used for SMS communication in Indian languages. Bundled in LG phones, it will also soon be available for download by MTNL and Idea Cellular customers. It is also available for end users to directly download from the site.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Energy - Winner: Gautam Polymers
Solid Multilantern is a solar LED lantern that maps itself to the way a rural user requires a light. It can be used in many forms - as a diffused general surround light, focused study / task light, handheld torch, handheld downward lantern, roof mounted light and can be used to charge mobile phones.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Energy - Honorable Mention: Kotak Urja
The "Egg Lamp" is a uniquely conceived and designed multi-utility solar lamp that will soon be introduced in the market. It provides uninterrupted light through either CFL or LED lamp for 6 hours every day, with a standby back up of an additional 10 hours. This is a multi-utility lamp, helping to meet the rural energy requirements for light (surrounding, reading, ceiling) and portable torch. The Egg lamp can be used for charging mobile phones and has a unique feature of an FM radio with built-in antenna and speakers.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Healthcare - Winner: Leowin Solutions
"Mozziquit" is an apparatus for attracting, trapping, and killing mosquitoes by mimicking the human body in attracting mosquitoes and eradicating them. This device kills mosquitoes without any need to use harmful chemicals like some existing products in the market do.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Healthcare - Honorable Mention: Infotech Enterprises
Infotech USB-ECG claims to be the world's first USB-powered 3 lead compact ECG monitor, resembles a pen-drive and offers cheap and effective cardiac diagnostics. This works with the power supplied by the USB port and its main features are 3-lead ECG Monitoring and Heart Rate Measurement. The ECG data can also be transmitted to an expert in the cardiology room using ZigBee in a case of emergency. This is affordable, compact, easy-to-use and portable.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Security - Winner: Kritikal Solutions
KritiKal's vision-based automatic license plate recognition system is a non-intrusive, automated image processing-based solution. It identifies and authenticates vehicles by capturing ∧ recognizing a vehicle's number plate, transmits real-time stamp of entry/exit of the vehicle to the database. This solution is highly applicable for Access Control (parking lot management, restricting vehicle accessing sensitive/high security establishments / zones), security and surveillance (policing), and traffic management.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Telecom: Tejas Networks
ELAN aids triple play services by supporting protected service rings that optimize bandwidth and by natively supporting multicast applications like IPTV. To support time-critical services such as VoIP and circuit emulation, operators can use the Tejas platform to create point-to-point CBR (Constant Bit Rate) Services over Traffic Engineered Ethernet trunks, using Tejas' PBB-TE implementations. Moreover, the same Tejas equipment can simultaneously provide various services, giving the operator considerable flexibility to offer differentiated services in a "pay-as-you-grow" fashion.
ISA Best Electronic Products - Others: Bharat Electronics
BE supplies 32-channel Silicon Strip Detectors to CERN Geneva, which are used to detect sub-atomic particles generated when high energy particle beams collide. These detectors have unique features such as very low leakage currents and very high breakdown voltages in spite of their large area. The technology has a huge potential in the field of radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, medical and other commercial applications.
Mangalore Robotronics Technologies
The remote-controlled system for power tillers was developed for making farming easier. This system is an electronic and mechanical gadget which goes as an attachment for power tillers. Unlike now, when the user of a power tiller has to walk along with the machine, the remote controlled system is an attachable kit which is installed on a power tiller or a walking tractor, and can thus be operated using a hand-held wireless electronic device.
Integra Micro Systems
iMFAST, Integra's mobile financial application secure terminal is a device designed for rural banking. It is a banking platform capable of providing mobile banking as against branch banking and a bank can link this device to its core banking system and extend all banking facilities to the poor and illiterate population in rural India without spending on opening remote branches and installation of ATMs. Biometric authentication and online secure confirmation of the transactions is done using RFID, the device facilitates absolutely safe transactions.
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In the area of optical networking over the last nine years, Sivarajan has contributed vastly to the design, architecture and development of a slew of next-gen SDH SONET and Carrier Ethernet products that allow telecom carriers to integrate voice, data and intelligent network management on a single network. Kumar was instrumental in Tejas being one of the first companies in the world to have developed and deployed standards compliant Carrier Ethernet-over-SDH SONET. Sivarajan is responsible for setting the technology and product direction for Tejas Networks.
Prior to Tejas, he was an associate professor in the Electrical Communication Engineering Department, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Before this, he has also worked with the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.
Sivarajan is co-author of the textbook `Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective' published in 1998. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, and the 2004 Global Indus Technovator Award from the India Business Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Fortescue Fellowship and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Baker Prize Paper Award.
Sivarajan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Madras and a Ph. D. from the California Institute of Technology.
This year's awards, 'Technovation 2010 - Celebrating Excellence in Electronics' had been constituted with an aim to recognize role models and excellence in not just the semiconductor but also the greater electronics ecosystem " covering the whole electronics value chain. Technovation Awards 2010 acknowledges, recognises and honours India's best individual contributors and companies and provides them with a platform to showcase their achievements and product successes.
Here are the other awards for individuals and in product categories.
TechnoMentors - Academia: Shanti Pavan
A professor of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Pavan did his M.S. and Ph.D from Columbia University, New York. He is a well-known authority in his subject and has mentored several students in the field of analog/mixed signal design.
He has been teaching and conducting research in the analog area since 2002, before which he worked on microwave IC design at Big Bear Networks, California. He graduated with a D.Sc from Columbia University in 1999, where he was affiliated with the Columbia Integrated Systems Laboratory. During his doctorate, a big chunk of the thesis work was done at Texas Instruments. Pavan obtained his B. Tech. degree in electronics and communications engineering from IIT, Madras. His research interests are in continuous-time integrated analog filters, MOS transistor modeling, analog-to-digital conversion, optoelectronics and RF design.
TechnoMentor - Industry: Shreeram Vasanthi
She is the director, technical and marketing, at Websol Energy and an alumnus of the Indian Institutes of Technology, Bombay and Delhi. She has 15 years of experience in photovoltaic industry, been a role model for many within her organization. Through her mentoring and leadership, she led her organization to significantly improve the efficiency of the solar cells produced by her company.
Start-up to Watch - Winner: Saankhya Labs
Saankhya is a fabless semiconductor startup based in Bangalore. It has developed the world's first multi-standard TV demodulation technology targeted for Digital TV and PC TV tuner applications. Saankhya's unique product enables for the first time a truly universal TV demodulator, capable of demodulating all digital and analog TV signals on a single chip.
Start-up to Watch - Honorable Mention: Cosmic Circuits
Cosmic is a leading provider of differentiated analog and mixed-signal silicon IP for integration on to System-on-Chips. With a single-minded focus on analog, and a large team of expert analog designers, Cosmic Circuits offers quality analog Hard-IP solutions for integration into nanometer silicon process nodes.
ISA Best Electronic Product - Consumer: Verismo Networks
Verismo Networks was named the winner for its Internet TV device - a high-definition set-top box bringing internet video over any IP network to your television. The set-top connects to the Internet using a broadband connection and is able to stream content from various content sources such as linear TV channels, free websites like youtube, and premium on-demand Hollywood movies. A multi-format, multi-protocol player along with a video search engine enables access to a very broad range of content found on the Internet.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Consumer - Honorable Mention: Tachyion Technologies
Tachyion's Quillpad is an artificial intelligence based solution for intuitive (completely phonetic) Indian language input. It can be used on PCs as well as mobile phones. On a mobile phone, Quillpad can be used for SMS communication in Indian languages. Bundled in LG phones, it will also soon be available for download by MTNL and Idea Cellular customers. It is also available for end users to directly download from the site.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Energy - Winner: Gautam Polymers
Solid Multilantern is a solar LED lantern that maps itself to the way a rural user requires a light. It can be used in many forms - as a diffused general surround light, focused study / task light, handheld torch, handheld downward lantern, roof mounted light and can be used to charge mobile phones.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Energy - Honorable Mention: Kotak Urja
The "Egg Lamp" is a uniquely conceived and designed multi-utility solar lamp that will soon be introduced in the market. It provides uninterrupted light through either CFL or LED lamp for 6 hours every day, with a standby back up of an additional 10 hours. This is a multi-utility lamp, helping to meet the rural energy requirements for light (surrounding, reading, ceiling) and portable torch. The Egg lamp can be used for charging mobile phones and has a unique feature of an FM radio with built-in antenna and speakers.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Healthcare - Winner: Leowin Solutions
"Mozziquit" is an apparatus for attracting, trapping, and killing mosquitoes by mimicking the human body in attracting mosquitoes and eradicating them. This device kills mosquitoes without any need to use harmful chemicals like some existing products in the market do.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Healthcare - Honorable Mention: Infotech Enterprises
Infotech USB-ECG claims to be the world's first USB-powered 3 lead compact ECG monitor, resembles a pen-drive and offers cheap and effective cardiac diagnostics. This works with the power supplied by the USB port and its main features are 3-lead ECG Monitoring and Heart Rate Measurement. The ECG data can also be transmitted to an expert in the cardiology room using ZigBee in a case of emergency. This is affordable, compact, easy-to-use and portable.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Security - Winner: Kritikal Solutions
KritiKal's vision-based automatic license plate recognition system is a non-intrusive, automated image processing-based solution. It identifies and authenticates vehicles by capturing ∧ recognizing a vehicle's number plate, transmits real-time stamp of entry/exit of the vehicle to the database. This solution is highly applicable for Access Control (parking lot management, restricting vehicle accessing sensitive/high security establishments / zones), security and surveillance (policing), and traffic management.
ISA Best Electronics Product - Telecom: Tejas Networks
ELAN aids triple play services by supporting protected service rings that optimize bandwidth and by natively supporting multicast applications like IPTV. To support time-critical services such as VoIP and circuit emulation, operators can use the Tejas platform to create point-to-point CBR (Constant Bit Rate) Services over Traffic Engineered Ethernet trunks, using Tejas' PBB-TE implementations. Moreover, the same Tejas equipment can simultaneously provide various services, giving the operator considerable flexibility to offer differentiated services in a "pay-as-you-grow" fashion.
ISA Best Electronic Products - Others: Bharat Electronics
BE supplies 32-channel Silicon Strip Detectors to CERN Geneva, which are used to detect sub-atomic particles generated when high energy particle beams collide. These detectors have unique features such as very low leakage currents and very high breakdown voltages in spite of their large area. The technology has a huge potential in the field of radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, medical and other commercial applications.
Mangalore Robotronics Technologies
The remote-controlled system for power tillers was developed for making farming easier. This system is an electronic and mechanical gadget which goes as an attachment for power tillers. Unlike now, when the user of a power tiller has to walk along with the machine, the remote controlled system is an attachable kit which is installed on a power tiller or a walking tractor, and can thus be operated using a hand-held wireless electronic device.
Integra Micro Systems
iMFAST, Integra's mobile financial application secure terminal is a device designed for rural banking. It is a banking platform capable of providing mobile banking as against branch banking and a bank can link this device to its core banking system and extend all banking facilities to the poor and illiterate population in rural India without spending on opening remote branches and installation of ATMs. Biometric authentication and online secure confirmation of the transactions is done using RFID, the device facilitates absolutely safe transactions.
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