CSR's Wi-Fi technology Powers Intempo's Internet Radio
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Radioscape and CSR partner to provide complete radio design to Intempo
Cambridge, UK - 8, January 2008 - CSR (LSE: CSR) today announced that its RadioPro example design has been selected by Intempo Digital for its Daisy internet radio. Intempo's internet radio offers access to thousands of internet and FM radio stations, providing wireless streaming of internet radio via Wi-Fi without the need for a PC. CSR cooperated with DAB radio specialist Radioscape who provided Intempo with the FM functions for the Daisy. The Intempo internet radio will be in production by April 2008 with a price tag of £149.
Intempo's Daisy radio has been designed around RadioPro, CSR's Wi-Fi internet radio example design. RadioPro provides Intempo with the benefits of a quick time to market, a flexible design and the lowest power internet radio platform in the industry. In partnership with Radioscape, CSR jointly developed the combined internet and FM radio to bring Intempo's radio quickly to the market.
RadioPro is based on two low power chips from CSR: UniFi and its Multimedia Application Processor (MAP), a highly integrated chip with a RISC processor, a DSP and a stereo codec. The low power design of RadioPro has allowed Intempo's internet radio to deliver 20 hours of continuous music streaming.
Tracy Hopkins Vice President of CSR's Consumer Business Unit, commented, "CSR is committed to making the adoption and integration of wireless technology easier for designers and manufacturers. CSR's RadioPro was designed with the intention of enabling OEMs such as Intempo to quickly produce internet radio devices for the mass market."
Kevin Parslow, Intempo Design added, "CSR's UniFi Wi-Fi silicon and software has enabled us to produce an internet radio that offers high quality and performance to a wide audience. The CSR RadioPro example design allowed us to bring the Daisy radio to mass production within a very short space of time."
Andrew Dewhurst, Product Manager at RadioScape, added: "We have decided to jump straight past the conventional module approach and have provided our first complete Internet radio design. Firmware updates can be sent to all or specific receivers over the Internet and the receivers have a fail-safe backup in case of failed or interrupted downloads."
CSR will demonstrate the RadioPro example design at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 at the Las Vegas Hilton, Central Tower suite H2649.
About CSR
CSR is the leading global provider of personal wireless technology and its product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM receivers and Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.
CSR's customers include industry leaders such as Apple, Dell, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, RIM, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TomTom and Toshiba.
CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Dallas and Detroit in the USA.
More information can be found at www.csr.com
About Intempo
Intempo is a market-leading music brand which designs, develops and markets award winning DAB digital radios, iPod docking stations, Bluetooth audio accessories and Internet Radio. The innovative range of products is designed to enhance your lifestyle and complement your living and working spaces.
In summer 2007 Intempo unveiled its first range of Bluetooth(TM) accessories and also launched its first Internet Radio & Music Player, the GX01.
Intempo will also converge its core strengths in DAB and docks to launch the iDAB in Q108. The iDAB is a tiny device which plugs into the base of an iPod turning it into a DAB radio. The iDAB is unique as it will also play in iPod speaker-docks.
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