Wireless USB spreads east

Phillips-founded NXP Semiconductors has announced an investment of more than €90m over the next five years in the expansion of wireless USB technology in Singapore

Philips

-founded

NXP Semiconductors

has announced an investment of more than €90m over the next five years in the expansion of wireless USB technology in

Singapore

.

NXP’s USB Innovation Center in Singapore will collaborate with the US team to develop technology for the standardisation, design, test and product engineering, system and software development, as well as marketing for the W-USB technology.

According to NXP, W-USB offers data transfer speeds of 480mbps at a range of 10m.

The USB Innovation Center was set up ten years ago.