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Silicon Image’s UltraGig 6400 is industry’s first single-chip, ultra-low power 60GHz WirelessHD mobile transmitter for smartphones and tablets

Categories: Technologies
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Silicon Image announced the UltraGig 6400, a complete WirelessHD transmitter for mobile devices that integrates a 60GHz RF transceiver, baseband processor and embedded antenna array into a single IC package. Specifically designed for smartphones and tablets, the solution enables robust high-definition wireless video connectivity between portable devices and large displays to deliver a cable quality connection sans any wires included. In other words, it will not only allow you to beam photos and videos from your smartphone/tablet to your TV, but also make that process as power efficient as possible.

Sounds pretty compelling to me though I’m not sure when we’ll see the first devices using this technology. Silicon Image is currently sampling the UltraGig 6400 mobile 60GHz WirelessHD transmitter but that doesn’t tell us a lot; it’s up to handset makers to decide when they’ll actually start implementing this chip into their devices… And we’re hoping that will happen sometimes next year. We’ll let you know if we hear something new on this and in the meantime, you are free to learn more about the UltraGig 6400 from here.

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.