Quantenna Named CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Award Winner
Company’s 4x4 MIMO Products Are Recognized for Unique Ability to Deliver High-Quality HD Video-over-Wi-Fi Services to Every TV in the Home
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., the leading developer of silicon for high-speed, 802.11n, wireless high definition (HD) video home networking, today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Awards winner in the Enabling Technologies category for its Wi-Fi 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) chipsets, which enable the industry’s most reliable wireless video networking service, anywhere in the home. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across 35 product categories.
Quantenna’s third-generation 802.11n Full-11n™ chipsets are the only commercially available products that offer carrier-grade, industry-standard 802.11n features which are essential for distributing multiple high-definition (HD) video streams to TVs and displays anywhere in the home at full, 1080p resolution. The company’s chipsets have been integrated into retail products from industry-leading manufacturers and have entered field trials with 12 carriers, worldwide. Designed to meet significantly higher quality and reliability requirements than was possible with earlier 3x3 MIMO technology, the chipsets fully support the IEEE802.11n standard with advanced 4x4 MIMO capabilities plus dynamic digital beamforming, mesh networking and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing.
“Quantenna was the first to offer 4x4 MIMO solutions that have now become the benchmark in wireless networking performance, and we are extremely pleased to have been recognized for this achievement by the CES Innovations awards panel,” said David French, Quantenna CEO. “Our award-winning technology enables Wi-Fi networks to deliver the same quality as wired Ethernet, anywhere in the home, and to minimize system latencies for applications like on-line, multi-player video gaming while guaranteeing compatibility with all existing and future IEEE 802.11n-compliant products.”
See Quantenna at CES
The Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase will feature Quantenna and other award winners by product category in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center, and winners also will be featured at CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES on Tuesday, January 4.
Quantenna’s Full-11n 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi family will be displayed during the 2011 International CES, January 6-9, 2011, in the company’s suite, #28-110 at the Hilton Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company will be demonstrating a typical multi-room/multi-screen IPTV use case that includes delivering multiple streams of low-latency H.264 encoded video through multiple walls and rooms to multiple TVs, over distances of more than 100 feet, with wire-like, carrier-grade quality.
About the CES Innovations Awards
The prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards have been recognizing achievements in product design and engineering since 1976. It is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the producer of the International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow.
The Innovations entries are judged based on criteria including engineering qualities, aesthetic and design qualities, product functionality and user value and unique/novel features. Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering honoree products are featured on www.CESweb.org/Innovations, which lists product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL.
About Quantenna Communications, Inc.
Quantenna Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company developing standards-based 802.11n MIMO chipsets that deliver the highest levels of performance, speed and reliability for wireless networks and devices. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Quantenna has assembled a management and engineering team with a long track record of start-up success, and is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. For additional information, please visit www.quantenna.com.