Mr. Andrew Skafel reports

EDGEWATER WIRELESS FAST-TRACKS WI-FI8 SPECTRUM SLICING SILICON WITH ADVANCED CLOUD-BASED EDA PLATFORM

Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. has selected Synopsys as a core vendor in its next-generation Wi-Fi8-ready spectrum-slicing silicon program.

The market pull for reliability-first Wi-Fi is accelerating. Analyst forecasts project the global Wi-Fi chipset market will reach the mid-$36-billion-(U.S.) range by 2034 as connected devices, high-density deployments and time-sensitive applications drive demand for more deterministic wireless performance.

At the same time, poor Wi-Fi quality of experience has become a measurable cost centre for large operators. Industry analyses indicate that roughly one-third of inbound support calls are Wi-Fi related, with meaningful costs per call, and a material portion escalating into technician visits (truck rolls) -- turning Wi-Fi performance into a direct operating expense and customer satisfaction risk.

"Wi-Fi8 and AI-driven [artificial intelligence] connectivity are transforming how traffic flows across the last metre of the network -- and our customers are looking to Edgewater to lead that transition," said Andrew Skafel, president and chief executive officer of Edgewater Wireless. "By selecting Synopsys EDA [electronic design automation] solutions, enabled through our relationship with Silicon Catalyst, we're equipping our engineering team with the same class of tools used by many of the world's leading semiconductor companies. That allows us to focus on our core competency -- Wi-Fi spectrum slicing -- while relying on proven, high-performance design infrastructure to move faster and reduce risk."

As a Silicon Catalyst portfolio company, Edgewater Wireless is leveraging Synopsys EDA solutions to optimize its design and verification flows. This integration is expected to accelerate time to tapeout, improve design quality, and further derisk the complex development of its advanced RF (radio frequency), mixed-signal and AI-enabled Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) architectures.

Edgewater's Wi-Fi spectrum-slicing technology is designed to unlock higher capacity, lower latency and more deterministic performance in dense real-world environments, from homes and MDUs (modular display units) to smart factories and next-generation industrial IoT (Internet of Things). The adoption of Synopsys solutions is expected to streamline critical stages of the company's silicon life cycle -- from architecture exploration and RTL (register transfer level) design, through verification, implementation and sign-off -- supporting Edgewater's road map toward production-ready Wi-Fi8-class silicon.

"Edgewater Wireless is a great example of how innovative companies can leverage the Silicon Catalyst ecosystem to access advanced tools and expertise," said Nick Kepler, chief operating officer of Silicon Catalyst. "By combining Edgewater's differentiated Wi-Fi spectrum-slicing technology with state-of-the-art EDA solutions available to our portfolio companies, we believe they are well positioned to deliver compelling value to service providers, device makers and investors alike."

The deployment of Synopsys EDA solutions underscores Edgewater's strategy of aligning with established, globally trusted semiconductor suppliers to support its fabless model. By relying on validated, production-proven design technology, Edgewater can concentrate resources on algorithm development, AI-at-the-edge innovation and system-level optimization -- key elements of its competitive advantage in next-generation Wi-Fi access.

About Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc.

Edgewater Wireless delivers unmatched Wi-Fi QoS (quality of service) -- bar none -- by intelligently mitigating congestion, allocating spectrum in real time, and autonomously optimizing channel and link density to keep networks fast, fair and reliable when it matters most. The result is tangible economics for service providers and their customers: reduced churn, improved efficiency and consistently high-performance connectivity in the most demanding, high-density environments.

Redefining Wi-Fi from the silicon up, Edgewater's patented, AI-powered Wi-Fi spectrum-slicing platform -- delivered through the PrismIQ product family -- breaks the limits of legacy Wi-Fi by enabling multiple concurrent channels within a single band, so more users get more usable capacity without the typical trade-offs. PrismIQ powers Edgewater's Wi-Fi8-ready solution set, designed for ultrahigh reliability and predictable performance at scale across residential, enterprise and industrial IoT deployments -- while delivering 10 times performance and up to 50 per cent lower latency, even for legacy devices.

With 26 granted patents, three AI-related patents pending and a capital-efficient fabless model, Edgewater is transforming the economics of Wi-Fi for service providers, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and enterprises -- powering scalable, standards-leading connectivity for the next era of global networks. A Silicon Catalyst portfolio company, Edgewater is building the intelligent wireless foundation for the future of connectivity.

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