The future
The team is looking at ways to reduce the power consumption of the chip, which now runs at about two watts. Techniques such as turning off sections of the chip when not in use and alterations to component design are expected to reduce power usage to around 300 miliwatts.
This would make it possible to embed the chip in handheld devices without a significant effect on battery life.
Commercialisation opportunities
The potential market for the chip means there is a strong opportunity for the commercialisation of the Wireless GigE Project.
A spin-out company is planned by the end of 2008 that will explore international opportunities for the technology.
Who are we working with?
IBM, Synopsys, Cadence, Anritsu, Agilent, Ansoft and SUSS MicroTec
Research team
Stan Skafidas (project leader), Tim Walsh, Praveen Nadagouda, Gordana Felic, Khusro Saleem, Bryan Beresford-Smith, Byron Wicks, Chien Ta Minh, Yang Bo, Aleck Liu, Frank Zhang, Tom Wang, Jerry Liu, Yuan Mo, Rob Evans and William Shieh.
The research team are world leaders in developing next generation millimetre wave systems on bulk CMOS.
Contact: +61 3 8344 8407, stan.skafidas@nicta.com.au