Ixana Unveils Worlds First Wi-R Silicon Chip

GlobeNewswire press release announces Ixana unveiling the worlds first Wi-R silicon chip enabling seamless touch-based communication across wearables. The production-ready chip brings electro-quasistatic body-area networking to commercial availability.

Touch-activated communication

Wi-R chip activates instantly upon touch, eliminating pairing hassles between AR glasses, sensors, smartphones and compute devices. Signals confined to body surface deliver megabit speeds with physical-layer security and 100x lower power than traditional wireless.

Production silicon milestone

Following years of development from Purdue research, Ixana achieves volume-production Wi-R silicon supporting up to 20 Mb/s data rates at sub-nJ/bit efficiency. The chip enables all-day wearable operation with distributed processing across lightweight devices.

Applications and availability

Developer kits and evaluation modules now shipping to ecosystem partners. Wi-R targets AR/VR headsets, health monitoring wearables, enterprise spatial computing and consumer metaverse platforms requiring seamless multi-device connectivity.