Buzz: UWB shakeout claims Tzero

To date, that shakeout has claimed WiQuest and Focus Enhancements, with Artimi merging with Staccato. Texas Instruments early on quit chip development and dispersed its design team and, while Intel dropped its own chip development in favor of what emerges from startups such as Staccato. The list of startups that remain include Wisair and Alereon, with more established companies such as RealTek, ST/NXP Wireless and CSR also in the fray.

Founder and chief technology officer Rajeev Krishnamoorthy played all his cards, right up to the end, talking to EE Times last week about the company's plans to launch a mobile UWB chip that would consume less than 1W. Krishnamoorthy could not be reached for comment on the company's demise.

The company took a different tack than WiMedia in that it focused on video distribution and designed its chips around that differentiation

- Patrick Mannion
EE Times