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Sequoia Communications - Press Release 3-26-2008
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Sequoia
Communications’ SEQ7400 Earns
2008 Editor’s Choice Award by Portable
Design
First working single-chip multi-mode RF transceiver
one of three winning products in RF/Microwave category
SAN DIEGO – March 26, 2008 – Sequoia Communications,
the RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multi-mode design
and integration, today announced that it has been named a winner in
the 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards by Portable Design magazine, the engineer’s
resource for portable applications.
Over the course of each
year, Portable Design staff reviews thousands of product submissions
and singles out a select few for recognition. The publication’s editor-in-chief,
John Donovan, makes the final determination and appoints the winners
of this prestigious editorial award. Sequoia Communications’ SEQ7400
RF transceiver was first recognized by Portable Design as its featured
product of the month in the June 2007 issue.
“This year the
RF engineering market has seen a tremendous amount of innovation,” said
John Donovan, editor-in-chief of Portable Design. “We selected Sequoia
Communications’ SEQ7400 because this product is the first and only solution
of which we are aware that uniquely integrates multiple modes on a single
chip, thereby addressing critical power, size and cost issues for handset
makers.”
Originally introduced in May 2007, the SEQ7400 is based
on the company’s patented FullSpectra™ architecture, which includes
the only transmitter in the industry to use polar modulation in all
modes. The product has the industry’s highest level of integration,
makes the most efficient use of silicon area, and has the lowest calibration
burden at the phone level. In February 2008, the company announced that
extensive testing verified that the HEDGE transceiver supports HSUPA,
TD-SCDMA, S-Band and GMR satellite specifications, enabling ‘SDR-like’
flexibility without cost or power tradeoff.
“This award is further
validation of the flexibility and differentiation that polar modulation
enables,” said Dave Shepard, CEO of Sequoia Communications. “The SEQ7400
is the first true “flexible radio” in the industry and we continue to
validate new modes with no changes to the chip itself. This is just
the beginning!”
Past awards garnered by the SEQ7400 include
the 2007 Global Handset RF Semiconductor Product Differentiation of
the Year Award by industry analyst group Frost & Sullivan and the
June 2007 Wireless Design & Development Technology Award.
For more information about the SEQ7400, please visit:
http://www.sequoiacommunications.com/sequoia-pr_052107.html
About Portable Design
For the last 11 years
Portable Design has been “the engineer’s resource for portable applications.”
Each month, Portable Design delivers news, product reviews and feature
articles focusing on consumer electronics, portable power and wireless
communications. With editions in the US, China and Taiwan, Portable
Design is the only magazine dedicated exclusively to the interests of
engineers creating portable electronic devices. For more information
on Portable Design magazine, visit
www.portabledesign.com
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About Sequoia Communications
Sequoia
Communications is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on multimode
RF solutions. The company uniquely integrates different modes using
a common architecture on a single chip enabling effective communications
across multiple wireless standards including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA,
HSDPA, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE and more. Single-chip RF transceivers developed
using Sequoia Communications’ innovative approach and FullSpectratm
architecture will set new industry benchmarks in chip cost, component
count, PCB size and power consumption. Sequoia Communications is headquartered
in San Diego, CA. For more information, visit:
www.sequoiacommunications.com |
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