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STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Unveil Highly Compact 4K Wi-Fi Client Reference Design

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Quantenna Communications, Inc., the leader of ultra-high performance Wi-Fi, announced the availability of a reference design enabling premium 4K video quality over home Wi-Fi networks, demonstrated in a highly compact, fan-less box. The reference design offers superior indoor coverage, better portability, and multi-room usage.

“This new collaboration between ST and Quantenna is a natural step to address the 4K Ultra HD market after the announcement at IBC 2015 of the ST Cannes Wi-Fi (STiH390) SoC, the world’s first single-chip device for HD set-top-box wireless-client markets,” said Eric Benoit, Headed Product-Line Director, Consumer Product Division, STMicroelectronics. “The integration paves the way to a cost-effective and flexible 4K wireless solution for an impeccable multimedia experience at home.”

The new reference-design box integrates ST’s performance-proven Cannes 4K ARM® quad-core SoC. Commercially available, it is already pre-integrated with leading middleware and supported by a large ecosystem that enables customers to rapidly build attractive solutions with short time to market.

The ST Cannes 4K SoC is optimized for both cost and performance, and when combined with Quantenna QSR1000, it relies on a 4×4 MIMO architecture supporting DynaMMO (Dynamic multi-user MIMO) technology, dynamic digital beamforming, and four spatial streams to deliver ultra-high performance, range, reliability, and coverage. Standards-based, the ST/Quantenna reference-design operates with all third-party 802.11ac and 802.11n devices.

“Equally comfortable in set-top boxes, OTT platforms, and consumer electronics at home, the QSR1000 is perfectly suited to wireless multimedia applications that demand cable-like video-transmission quality,” said Harpreet Chohan, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Quantenna Communications. “With almost 2Gbps of total throughput, this reference design streams robust carrier-grade IPTV to multiple devices in full 1080p or 4K Ultra HD resolution, designed to reach through concrete walls and into all corners of multi-story homes.”

ST and Quantenna are demonstrating the new Cannes 4K Wi-Fi reference design in their private suites in Las Vegas during the industry’s major technology showcase, January 6-9, 2016.

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