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Celeno Communications unveiled the latest in its portfolio of offerings -- the CLR260. A single PCIe WLAN chip powered by Celeno's signature video-grade OptimizAIR and digital beam forming technology, the CLR260 provides manufacturers with a powerful, highly integrated, low-cost access point solution for wireless home gateway and set-top box applications.

The CLR260 PCIe chip is a significant addition to Celeno's 802.11n portfolio, which includes the CL1830 SoC and CLR250 USB/Wi-Fi chips. With this addition, Celeno now offers the most comprehensive 3x3 video-grade Wi-Fi portfolio that is best suited to address service providers' cost-conscious architectures while meeting the rigorous requirements for concurrent dual band and HD video streaming in the home.

The CLR260 leverages host CPU processing and memories to minimize bill of materials (BOM), addressing the key cost vs. performance challenge. The chip delivers superb performance ensuring reliable, feature-rich wireless connectivity at high throughput from an extended distance to enable distribution of multiple HD video streams throughout the home.

"With the introduction of the CLR260, Celeno now offers a full product suite optimized for robust wireless video streaming in the home," says Lior Weiss, VP of Marketing of Celeno. "Our 802.11n video-grade product line has been adopted by over 20 ODMs and OEMs to enable a range of OEM Wi-Fi products. Service providers can now implement a video-grade Wi-Fi-enabled home cost effectively using Celeno-enabled devices. These could include broadband gateways enabled with 3x3 CLR260 5GHz and CLR260 2.4GHz, video bridges enabled with a CL1830 3x3 SoC, and set-top box and laptops leveraging on USB dongles enabled by a CLR250 3x3 USB/Wi-Fi chip, among others."