Monday, June 20, 2005
Intel Announces All-In-One WiFi Radio Package
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 07:00 AM
"Researchers at Intel Corp. have figured out how to integrate into a compact package all the elements needed to connect to wireless LANs, the company is expected to announce today at the VLSI Circuits Symposium in Japan...The device currently supports 802.11a/b/g, but it should have enough bandwidth to also support the forthcoming 802.11n standard, High said. Intel believes the integrated design will help customers build cheaper and more power-efficient devices, he said."
As I'm a happy Belkin Pre-N user, this is good news -- 802.11n's amazing bandwidth will be really quite useful for PDAs, so if Intel has the technology ready when 802.11n is officially approved, we might see WM2005 802.11n devices sometime next year. Is it too early to start dreaming of a 802.11abgn+UMTS/EVDO Pocket PC? Yeah, I guess, but I can still dream. ;)
As I'm a happy Belkin Pre-N user, this is good news -- 802.11n's amazing bandwidth will be really quite useful for PDAs, so if Intel has the technology ready when 802.11n is officially approved, we might see WM2005 802.11n devices sometime next year. Is it too early to start dreaming of a 802.11abgn+UMTS/EVDO Pocket PC? Yeah, I guess, but I can still dream. ;)
