b TrendChip Technologies Corp.
TrendChip, Ralink Team
2007-09-28

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- TrendChip Technologies Corporation, a leading xDSL IC developer and provider, and Ralink Technology Corporation, a leading wireless LAN chipset solutions, have jointly announced an industry leading 802.11n WiFi ADSL2+ gateway reference platform that integrates a full spectrum of ADSL2+ technologies developed by TrendChip with the advanced 802.11n draft 2.0 wireless LAN technology developed by Ralink Technology Corporation.
This reference platform consists of TrendChips TC3162L SOC, the industrys most cost competitive ADSL2+ gateway processor, with Ralinks RT2880 SOC, the industrys first Wireless LAN Intelligent Network Interface Card(iNIC) designs, to provide a greater than 120 Megabits per second (Mb/s) of throughput for whole-home distribution of multimedia contents.
“By offering the industrys best price-performance 802.11n WiFi ADSL2+ turnkey solution by integrating Ralinks leading wireless technology,” stated Shinjou Fang, CEO of TrendChip Technologies Corp. ”TrendChip is enabling manufacturers to deliver the best performance and most cost-effective next-generation WiFi ADSL2+ residential gateways that deliver the full value of 802.11n networking at home.”