Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The New Shape of WLAN Cards
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 07:04 AM
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/1355791
SD 802.11b by the end of the year? Superb! I didn't think we'd see this until mid to late 2003. The question is, if you have a Pocket PC with SD and CF slots, would you want to have an SD 802.11b, or would you keep your SD for memory and CF for expansion?
"Fabless semiconductor manufacturer SyChip, of Plano, TX, today announced that they're getting into the 802.11b chip set space with a reference design for a secure digital (SD) input/output WLAN card...The chips will include all software drivers and complete 802.11b functions for OEMs. SyChip's modules will support Windows 2000/XP/CE (2.11 or greater), and the Palm OS 4 and higher. The products would be targeted toward consumers but will also address mobile and telecommuting areas of the enterprise. Like any standard WLAN network card, the SyChip based NICs would be able to operate in ad hoc (peer-to-peer) or Infrastructure mode (with an access point). SyChip expects an evaluation card for the embedded module, and the support material for the reference design to be ready by the third quarter, with the samples of the full SD NIC card by the end of the year." Source: Tim Toth
SD 802.11b by the end of the year? Superb! I didn't think we'd see this until mid to late 2003. The question is, if you have a Pocket PC with SD and CF slots, would you want to have an SD 802.11b, or would you keep your SD for memory and CF for expansion?
"Fabless semiconductor manufacturer SyChip, of Plano, TX, today announced that they're getting into the 802.11b chip set space with a reference design for a secure digital (SD) input/output WLAN card...The chips will include all software drivers and complete 802.11b functions for OEMs. SyChip's modules will support Windows 2000/XP/CE (2.11 or greater), and the Palm OS 4 and higher. The products would be targeted toward consumers but will also address mobile and telecommuting areas of the enterprise. Like any standard WLAN network card, the SyChip based NICs would be able to operate in ad hoc (peer-to-peer) or Infrastructure mode (with an access point). SyChip expects an evaluation card for the embedded module, and the support material for the reference design to be ready by the third quarter, with the samples of the full SD NIC card by the end of the year." Source: Tim Toth
