CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ralink Technology Corporation (TAIEX:3534) (Ralink), a leading developer of high performance wired and wireless networking solutions, today expressed strong support for the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ program. Anticipated as a major leap forward in Wi-Fi capability, Wi-Fi Direct can create connections between Wi-Fi devices anywhere, at any time, with or without a connection to a traditional Wi-Fi network. As an early contributor and driving force behind the program, Ralink’s RT3592 dual band 2T2R PCIe solution was included in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ test bed as the benchmark for high performance Wi-Fi.

“We congratulate Ralink on achieving selection to the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ test bed,” said Wi-Fi Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa. “Ralink’s participation in the development of this program has been instrumental in the achievement of an industry-wide certification for this revolutionary new Wi-Fi technology.”

Ralink’s role in developing the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct^TM program includes early involvement in proposing fundamental elements of the underlying protocol, driving interoperability testing, and contributing proposals and insight for many of the optional modes that make the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct^TM program suitable for next generation wireless peer-to-peer applications. From the first 1x1 802.11n single chip for portable PCs, to the first 2x2 dual band single chip solution with industry leading performance for wirelessly connected TV applications, to the industry’s first 3x3 dual band single chips with beam forming technology, Ralink has led in many areas of technical innovation considered crucial to driving the market towards the new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct^TM program.

Further testimony to the preeminence of Ralink’s solutions is the prominent inclusion of Ralink devices in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct^TM interoperability test bed. Ralink’s RT3592 dual band 2T2R PCIe solution was selected for its unparalleled combination of performance, size, efficiency, and power consumption as the benchmark leader for a range of interoperability tests.

“The ability of Wi-Fi devices to connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office, or hotspot network exponentially increases the value of Wi-Fi for the new generation of hyper-connected devices,” said Paul Lin, General Manager of Wireless Business Unit at Ralink Technology Corporation. “Ralink’s industry leadership in size, power consumption, integration and performance can now bring the powerful new capabilities of Wi-Fi Direct to the widest possible range of electronic devices.”

About Ralink Technology

Ralink Technology Corporation is a leading innovator and developer in the wireless home networking and broadband access semiconductor markets. Ralink products are recognized for their superior throughput, extended range, low-power consumption, and reliability. Ralink’s patented Optilink™ technology extends Wi-Fi applications from traditional PC networking to a range of digital multimedia and handheld devices including cell phones, PDAs, cameras, print servers, HDTV, video game players and xDSL gateways. Ralink Technology was founded in 2001 with headquarters in HsinChu, Taiwan, R&D centers in Cupertino, California & Suzhou, China, and sales offices in China, Europe, Japan.

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