AMIMON's WHDI wireless HD modules coming to netbooks and laptops
By Darren Murph 
posted November 17th 2009 6:44PM
posted November 17th 2009 6:44PM
AMIMON Introduces WHDI Modules for the Notebook PC Market
Enables a wireless HD connection from PCs to HDTVs; Consumers Can Finally Watch all PC Content Conveniently on their HDTV
Santa Clara, Calif. – November 18, 2009 – AMIMON Inc., the market leader in wireless High Definition semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of WHDI™ modules which can be embedded into notebook PCs and netbook PCs. The WHDI modules are available today with a mini-PCI form-factor of 50mm*30mm and will also be offered with a standard Display-Mini card form-factor of 44.4mm*26mm based on the interface defined by the PCI SIG® which uses Displayport™. Additionally, these cards are designed for the WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital Interface™) standard and are capable of wirelessly delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD content throughout the entire home.
The AMIMON WHDI modules' compact form factor enables seamless integration into PCs. The WHDI modules are also designed for low power consumption suitable for battery-powered devices.
Notebook PCs embedded with the new WHDI modules are expected to be in the market in 2010 offering consumers the ability to connect their notebook wirelessly to any WHDI-enabled HDTV or, through an external WHDI-to-HDMI adaptor, also to any HDTV. The new modules will also enable external wireless PC-to-TV accessories ('dongles') which connect to the PC and TV via HDMI.
With WHDI consumers can view the entire content of their notebook screen on their TV. Content such as Internet video, flash media, digital photos, PC games can all be viewed and experienced on the TV with a convenient wireless connection.
"PCs are increasingly becoming a source of multimedia entertainment like Hulu, YouTube, etc. Consumers will be able to wirelessly connect their PCs and watch all this cool new content on their big screen TV anywhere in the home," said Noam Geri, vice president of marketing and business development for AMIMON. "WHDI is gaining momentum with TV OEMs and now also PC OEMs set to offer consumers multiple WHDI enabled products in 2010."
The WHDI modules are based on the revolutionary video modem technology operating in the 5GHz unlicensed band, pioneered by AMIMON and the backbone of WHDI. WHDI co-exists in the same frequency spectrum with Wi-Fi and uses similar RF building blocks and antennas. The WHDI synergies with Wi-Fi enable a roadmap to integrated WHDI + Wi-Fi semiconductor components which will offer notebook OEMs the prospect of a very low cost WHDI wireless HD link to the TV.
The WHDI Modules are designed and manufactured by AMIMON's ODM Partners. Key features include:
* Based on AMIMON's AMN 2120/2220 WHDI chipset, designed for the WHDI standard
* Compact form factor
* Support for full high definition resolutions up to 1080p/60Hz
* Practically no latency - less than 1 millisecond
* Hollywood approved HDCP 2.0 copy protection
* Low power consumption modes for portable devices
* Low cost
* 5GHz unlicensed band with support for Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
About AMIMON
AMIMON is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering wireless uncompressed high-definition video for universal connectivity among CE video devices. AMIMON is a founding member of the WHDI Consortium (Wireless Home Digital Interface) formed by leading CE companies to define a new industry standard for multi-room wireless HDTV connectivity.
AMIMON is headquartered in Herzlia, Israel, with offices in California, USA; Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. More information is available at www.amimon.com and www.whdi.org.
WHDI and Wireless Home Digital Interface are trademarks of WHDI, LLC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.
Enables a wireless HD connection from PCs to HDTVs; Consumers Can Finally Watch all PC Content Conveniently on their HDTV
Santa Clara, Calif. – November 18, 2009 – AMIMON Inc., the market leader in wireless High Definition semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of WHDI™ modules which can be embedded into notebook PCs and netbook PCs. The WHDI modules are available today with a mini-PCI form-factor of 50mm*30mm and will also be offered with a standard Display-Mini card form-factor of 44.4mm*26mm based on the interface defined by the PCI SIG® which uses Displayport™. Additionally, these cards are designed for the WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital Interface™) standard and are capable of wirelessly delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD content throughout the entire home.
The AMIMON WHDI modules' compact form factor enables seamless integration into PCs. The WHDI modules are also designed for low power consumption suitable for battery-powered devices.
Notebook PCs embedded with the new WHDI modules are expected to be in the market in 2010 offering consumers the ability to connect their notebook wirelessly to any WHDI-enabled HDTV or, through an external WHDI-to-HDMI adaptor, also to any HDTV. The new modules will also enable external wireless PC-to-TV accessories ('dongles') which connect to the PC and TV via HDMI.
With WHDI consumers can view the entire content of their notebook screen on their TV. Content such as Internet video, flash media, digital photos, PC games can all be viewed and experienced on the TV with a convenient wireless connection.
"PCs are increasingly becoming a source of multimedia entertainment like Hulu, YouTube, etc. Consumers will be able to wirelessly connect their PCs and watch all this cool new content on their big screen TV anywhere in the home," said Noam Geri, vice president of marketing and business development for AMIMON. "WHDI is gaining momentum with TV OEMs and now also PC OEMs set to offer consumers multiple WHDI enabled products in 2010."
The WHDI modules are based on the revolutionary video modem technology operating in the 5GHz unlicensed band, pioneered by AMIMON and the backbone of WHDI. WHDI co-exists in the same frequency spectrum with Wi-Fi and uses similar RF building blocks and antennas. The WHDI synergies with Wi-Fi enable a roadmap to integrated WHDI + Wi-Fi semiconductor components which will offer notebook OEMs the prospect of a very low cost WHDI wireless HD link to the TV.
The WHDI Modules are designed and manufactured by AMIMON's ODM Partners. Key features include:
* Based on AMIMON's AMN 2120/2220 WHDI chipset, designed for the WHDI standard
* Compact form factor
* Support for full high definition resolutions up to 1080p/60Hz
* Practically no latency - less than 1 millisecond
* Hollywood approved HDCP 2.0 copy protection
* Low power consumption modes for portable devices
* Low cost
* 5GHz unlicensed band with support for Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
About AMIMON
AMIMON is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering wireless uncompressed high-definition video for universal connectivity among CE video devices. AMIMON is a founding member of the WHDI Consortium (Wireless Home Digital Interface) formed by leading CE companies to define a new industry standard for multi-room wireless HDTV connectivity.
AMIMON is headquartered in Herzlia, Israel, with offices in California, USA; Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. More information is available at www.amimon.com and www.whdi.org.
WHDI and Wireless Home Digital Interface are trademarks of WHDI, LLC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.
The Future is NOW (or Spring, 2010)
Seriously, though, this is awesome.
Now all they need to do is get these bad boy's hooked up to our iPods and Zunes.
What's the compression like on this technology? Recompressing already heavily compressed crap sounds like a recipe for piss-poor picture presentation. That's right: four Ps.
What prognostications have ye, pundits?
The video is not compressed. That's what make amimon different from others.
That quarter is huuuuge
WOW that's a HUGE QUARTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW that's a SMALL BRAIN!!!
WOW!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!
Many have caught the sarcasm in the OP's post, yet think it flew over my head.
OH, the irony!
I wish this wide bandwidth could be used beyond HD singles.
i wonder where is Bluetooth 3.0 lost!!!!
I MUST KNOW, what state is on the back of that quarter?
The lines in the hair are a tell-tale sign of a state quarter, BUT NOT WHICH ONE.
TELL US, TELL US oh great Darren Murph.
Canada.
I wonder where is Wireless USB?
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=wireless+usb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=6649331881417880937&ei=dz4DS66cL9LdnAfojeFo&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDgQ8wIwBg#ps-sellers
right there
Why is this portable only?
"For as long as we can remember, AMIMON's WHDI technology has been reserved for use in high-end AV components -- HDTVs, Blu-ray players, set-top-boxes, etc."
It...it's not
Let me rephrase that: Why is this for portable computers only?
"It...it's not"
I think he wonders why they aren't stuffing this on smart phones.
Completely off topic, but is anyone seeing that Windows 7 ad at the top of this page with the creeper eating what looks to be a french fry? It's just plain uncomfortable.
"I'm a creeper who tongues my food while I watch you, and I made Windows 7"
If you're getting a different ad on your respective screens, disregard this comment.
wow! I didn't even know that there WERE advertisements. I had to open this page up in IE (no adblock plus) to see what you were talking about...
No I have another of the Garmin Nuvi Phone ads. Cuz we all know Engadget readers are likely suckers for the Garmin Nuvi Phone.
I didn't know there were advertisements either :D
but i am also too lazy to open up IE and look at them.
Some other website i go to hosts their videos on a similar URL as their ads so users are forced to turn adblock off, maybe this would be a good idea for engadget. hopefully nobody from the engadget team is reading this or else we're going to have to find a new way of blocking ads
Coming to a smartphone near you
Pretty sweet, the future really is here.
http://www.rewls.com
Uncompressed 1080p/60hz wirelessly, sign me up! I hate having to move my laptop over to the TV and connecting cables. When this takes off it is really going to cut into Monsters cable business, $100 says that start selling wireless air purifiers that takes out an rouge electrons in the air and provides a cleaner path or something.
Yup. With this in a laptop we can just forget all those stupid TV-side media streamers and just use our laptops to Watch Hulu on the TV. Use the standard browser so they can't block it. Use the keyboard and mouse/trackpad to navigate to the show you want, then put the laptop down and sit back and watch. No need for a 10' interface and no need to get the sites approval or wait for them to try and block you from watching their shows on your TV.
I also of course want this on my Apple Slate (coming soon).
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a standard PCI Express mini slot or something proprietary? It seems to have extra pins on the left.
That's where you hook up the cables.
I want an ION eeEboard with one of these things.
(I could deal with needing a power cord, installed a powerstrip into my table for my harmony and charging game controllers)
This is just freaking amazing. I remember when Game Boys were huge and had 4 shades of gray.
And we still don't have a wireless streaming standard for basic video?
I'd love to see this thing in devices, but there's no point if most devices don't support it...
However, streaming my screen to another laptop when needing dual screen or just hooking up my TV/PS3 to my laptop would just be a pure bliss...
But that's never going to happen.
Not that long ago, "most devices" didn't support HDMI cables...
They will. It'll only be a matter of time.
My guess is that a phone isn't quite powerful enough to handle the chip, and it probably still takes up too much real estate at the moment.
Other things I'd like to see this in: cameras, camcorders, pmps, portable gaming system (PSP/DS).
Ugh. Damn commenting system. Was reply to Shaka above.