SiNett announces chip for unified network

SiNett Semiconductor, a US start-up focussed on developing chips for enabling wireless networks, has announced the launch of its first product, OneEdge, for unified access.

This single-chip architecture is part of the core of an appliance, manufactured by OEMs like Nortel, Cisco or HP. This enables any enterprise to add a wireless network along with its existing wired network.

Said Shiri Kadambi, co-founder & CEO, SiNett: "The market timing is right for purpose-built silicon for the unified enterprise network. Leading network equipment manufacturers have already indicated the need to develop products that support a single, unified network architecture that provides access to wireless and wired clients."

According to SiNett, until now OEMs have been required to use multiple, complex silicon components to build networking equipment that fully supports integrated wireless and wired networks.

"With a single-chip architecture designed from the ground up, with unified networks in mind, this chip provides better integrated wireless and wired datapath processing performance," added Kadambi.

SiNett, started in 2002, has so far received $23 million in funding and burnt up close to $13 million for the first product. The company employs close to 60 professionals of whom 30 are in Bangalore involved in software and IC design.