Toshiba has unveiled a Bluetooth® IC Supporting Two Communication Methods: stakes and opportunity.

Despite the fact that, the two communication methods are not interoperable, Connectikpeople can observe that, the “TC35661SBG-501”, a Bluetooth^® IC compliant with both Bluetooth^® Basic Rate and Bluetooth^® Low Energy communications , offers interoperability with a wide range of

applications, such as smartphones, while low energy is a newly adopted Bluetooth^® V4.0 standard that reduces power consumption.

Pending the mass production scheduled to start in November 2013, the new comer requires different devices that match the communication method of the host applications.

Connetikpeople may also recall that, the new IC incorporates both the Serial Port Profile (SPP) that is used for Basic Rate communication and the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) used for Low Energy communication. According to Toshiba, this realizes a single device supporting two different communication methods.

Applications include: General wireless data communication, such as remote controllers, sensor devices, and toys; smartphone accessories, such as wireless headsets.