Comments on: More Money for Ultra-wideband Startups

By: TZero Falls Victim to the UWB Curse | The Click

TZero Falls Victim to the UWB Curse | The Click — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:41:26 +0000

[...] TZero Technologies has shut down, according to a story posted today by EETimes. The chipmaker, which had raised $18 million back in March, joins at least two other defunct UWB startups that had hoped to use the wireless technology to [...]

By: TZero Falls Victim to the UWB Curse

TZero Falls Victim to the UWB Curse — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:11:45 +0000

By: Ultra-wideband Players Get $20M to Merge - GigaOM

Ultra-wideband Players Get $20M to Merge - GigaOM — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:22:02 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham | Thursday, November 20, 2008 | 9:15 AM PT | 0 comments Today, Ultra-wideband chip makers Artimi and Staccato Communications announced $20 million in funding and a merger agreement, which seems like tying two leaky boats together, giving them some more gas and hoping they make it to shore. The combination of Artimi and Staccato brings together the two UWB companies that were rumored to be running out of cash (as most of the other players had received cash earlier this year). [...]

By: Ultra-wideband Decline Proves Perils of Chip Investment - GigaOM

Ultra-wideband Decline Proves Perils of Chip Investment - GigaOM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:01:16 +0000

[...] which has raised more than $70 million with a small amount coming earlier this year from SKTelecom; TZero, which raised $18 million in March led by CID Group; and Wisair, which raised $24 million in February led by Susquehanna Growth Equity. Radiospire is [...]

By: Does UWB Deserve a Second Chance? - GigaOM

Does UWB Deserve a Second Chance? - GigaOM — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:56:42 +0000

[...] Association meeting in Austin learning about UWB as a wireless personal area network. I’m not a big believer in the technology so far, but was heartened by the admission of speakers who pointed out that the first implementations of [...]

By: Wireless HD on the Horizon? « NewTeeVee

Wireless HD on the Horizon? « NewTeeVee — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:00:29 +0000

[...] throughout a home, even without the line-of-sight requirements between transmitters used by current ultra-wideband efforts or the nascent WirelessHD movement. To call the data stream uncompressed is accurate, but to call [...]

By: David Callisch

David Callisch — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:27:47 +0000

I agree with your take – UWB doesn’t have the legs that Wi-Fi does for solving the problem of getting HD video around the home, particularly as new 802.11n devices are coming to market. We actually blogged on this same topic quite some time ago, but it still has relevance: http://www.theruckusroom.net/2006/12/tzero_is_finall.html.

Wi-Fi is already an established medium (more people now are buying Wi-Fi enabled devices than TVs) – UWB isn’t. That’s a big obstacle to get past.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:05:09 +0000

I think ultra-wideband, specifically Wireless USB, is a lot like Bluetooth. It's long delayed, but will eventually be quite ubiquitous. Like most wireless technologies, the benefits are more quality of life than enabling some hitherto unavailable function. You don't know you need a cell phone until you get one and start using it. You don't know you need Bluetooth until you get a wireless headset and start using it. The only thing that made WiFi at all different, is that many users never even had a wired network at home, so they don't even comprehend it as a replacement technology.