Age Star Demonstrates Wireless USB HDD

Artimi Inc., developer of high-speed wireless semiconductors for portable consumer electronics, and Age Star Inc., a data storage manufacturer, will demonstrate a production-ready hard disk drive design based on Artimi’s easily integrated high speed Wireless USB solutions.

Using Artimi’s comprehensive reference design, Age Star has built a pre-production Wireless USB hard disk drive to showcase a product that is ready to go to market and features high throughput, easy to use wireless data transfer for fast, simple backup of files, at speeds of over 100Mbps.

The hard disk drive uses an integrated module that can connect to an external PC adaptor for a Zero Install plug & play solution to address the legacy PC market, yet also supports notebook PCs with integrated Wireless USB, to take advantage of the growing Wireless USB ecosystem.

Artimi’s reference design for the Wireless USB hard disk drive is based on the company’s A-150 chip which is certified by the USB-IF and includes a full set of design, production and product information, designed to make integration as simple as possible.

Andrew Vought, CEO for Artimi, said, "Age Star’s decision to select Artimi solutions is a welcome endorsement of our efforts to be the leading partner in the high speed wireless space. It also further reinforces our position that wireless technology can be simple and cost effective to integrate, yet deliver compelling product advantage."

Mr. Sean Chen, Executive Director of Age Star, said, "By combining Artimi Wireless USB solutions with our design, manufacturing and distribution expertise, we can deliver leading-edge, cost effective wireless products to our OEM customers, allowing them to capitalize on market opportunities."

Age Star showcased their pre-production hard disk drive at Computex Taipei.