Silex Technology, a global leader in wired and wireless networking solutions, has introduced the SX-SDPAN System-in-Package (SiP) and the SX-SDMAN wireless radio module.

Officials with Silex Technology said that SX-SDPAN and SX-SDMAN provide a cost-effective way for manufacturers to add dual-band wireless capabilities in addition to integrated Bluetooth 4.0 support.

Company officials pointed out that Silex Technology based the SX-SDPAN on Qualcomm (News - Alert) Atheros' third-generation SDIO WLAN technology (AR6003).

The SX-SDPAN brings 802.11n throughput, range and power efficiency to portable electronic devices.

"We are quite pleased with Silex Technology's radio frequency and design capabilities because they give our customers the opportunity to leverage the AR6003 Wi-Fi chip for optimized throughput, size and energy efficiency for mobile and embedded devices," said Gary Szilagyi, vice president and general manager, consumer electronics group, Qualcomm Atheros (News - Alert), in a statement.

Szilagyi said that consumers of smartphones, mobile gaming and portable consumer electronic devices will benefit from the combined technology expertise of Silex Technology and Qualcomm Atheros.

"We are exceptionally qualified to enable device manufacturers to integrate Qualcomm Atheros AR6003 technology into products," said Keith Sugawara, vice president, business development, Silex Technology America.

Sugawara said that Silex Technology America can help shorten the time to market with the company’s new products and engineering design services.

“Plus, as a Qualcomm Atheros Authorized Design Center (ADC (News - Alert)), we provide the driver and security supplicant to provide an efficient and seamless single-vendor total solution," said Sugawara.

Back in November, Silex Technology had launched the SX-Virtual Link SDK for iOS. The SDK allows USB device manufacturers and system integrators to communicate from an iPad, iPhone (News - Alert) or iPod Touch to their devices.

iOS hardware, such as iPad, does not have a USB host port. Prior to the availability of the company’s SDK, there was no way for these popular computing platforms to communicate to USB devices.