Freescale to use CSR chips in reference designs
Freescale is to use CSR’s technology in a range of its mobile and home consumer reference designs and development kits.
CSR’s BlueCore4-ROM chip will provide Bluetooth connectivity for Freescale’s i.MXS development kit, aimed at consumer multimedia applications, whilst CSR’s BlueCore4 and UniFi will be used in the i.MX31 applications development system.
Tracy Hopkins, vice president of CSR’s consumer business unit, said: “We see the mobile consumer market as a particularly important area for CSR in the short to mid term”
Paul Marino, general manager of Freescale’s multimedia applications division, added: “Consumers are asking for the same wire free capability they enjoy with other well established applications, such as connecting via WiFi for laptop pcs and bringing a mobile handset and headset together with Bluetooth. We see CSR’s wireless technology working in tandem with our own as a key driver to enabling OEMs to bring the best in mobile consumer solutions to their customers quickly.”
