Single Chip WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth - Marvell

Update, April 11, 2007,

Marvell announced the 88W8688, a WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth single chip solution has been qualified by the Bluetooth SIG for the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR). The 88W8688 also features support for Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR features. The next-generation Bluetooth core specification provides an enhanced data rate of up to 3.0 Mbps, providing transmission speeds that are three to ten times faster than version 1.2.

The new Marvell 88W8688 WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth is currently in production and is also sampling to multiple key customers

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Aug 17, 2006

Marvell announced the 88W8688, a WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth single chip solution. The chip is targeted for smartphones, cellular handsets, media players, portable gaming consoles and PDAs.

The integration of Bluetooth 2.0 EDR – which is firmware upgradeable to support the Lisbon release – and WLAN/WiFi subsystems on a single die allows fully optimized simultaneous dual radio operation and cooperative co-existence.  The 88W8688 WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth platform enables the Company to provide ecosystem solutions by offering seamless bridging between WiFi and Bluetooth

The Marvell 88W8688 WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth single chip solution deliver a fully integrated Bluetooth 2.0 EDR baseband/RF and 802.11a/b/g WLAN/WiFi for future consumer electronic. The 88W8688 enables a converged WLAN/WiFi plus Bluetooth subsystem implementation that is up to 50% smaller than discrete implementations. Marvell 88W8688 WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth solution incorporates full Layer 3 networking support (TCP/IP + UDP) and able to run supplicants natively, offloading WLAN/WiFi functionality from the host CPU.  Marvell 88W8688 also incorporates voice and audio codecs for variety of multimedia applications.

The 88W8688 supports all Bluetooth profiles with an industry standard HCI interface.  The device runs Bluetooth profiles natively, offloading the host CPU.  The Marvell 88W8688 can be connected to a host processor using either a unified host interface or independent host interfaces for WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth connections.

Source: Single Chip WLAN/WiFi and Bluetooth - Marvell