The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Recently WiQuest - a leader in first-generation Ultra Wideband (UWB) silicon - closed its doors. One question that will surely be asked is "What does this mean for the future of UWB?" Some industry pundits will proclaim that UWB is dead or that this is some form of setback to the industry. Not so. Those of us in the high-tech business have seen this movie many times before. To really answer the question, we need to review history from two perspectives. First, why UWB makes sense, and second, what the history of new technologies teaches us.
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