At its meeting in Hawaii yesterday, IEEE Task Group N unanimously confirmed the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC)'s proposal as its draft 802.11n high-speed specification, according to numerous accounts. Within hours, at least two vendors sprang into action, announcing new products based on the draft. Broadcom promised its Intensi-fi family of wireless LAN chipsets will follow the spec; Marvell followed suit with its 88W836X chipsets. Other announcements should follow shortly.
Task Group N is charged with developing a final upgrade to the 802.11 standard for wireless local-area networks (WLANs), offering improvements in data throughput and operating distance. The EWC group represents the efforts of a host of wireless vendors, including Apple Computer, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Gateway, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, PMC-Sierra, Sanyo, Sony, Toshiba, and US Robotics.
"Broadcom is pleased that the IEEE has confirmed the 802.11n draft specification," Dr. Henry Samueli, Broadcom's co-founder, said yesterday. "We have been active participants in the standards process and are very happy to see the industry achieve technical consensus. With today's announcement, Broadcom is excited to deliver on our promise of interoperable, next-generation wireless products for our customers and consumers."
The company said its new chipsets will incorporate all mandatory elements of the 802.11n draft and is designed to be software upgradeable once the standard is finalized.
"Marvell is thrilled that this specification enables our customers to be the first to ship IEEE 802.11n draft-compliant WLAN products to the market," Weili Dai, executive vice president of Marvell said today. "We thank the IEEE Task Group N for their outstanding work and effort in converging on a draft specification for the IEEE 802.11n standard." Marvell also pledged to comply "100 percent" with the draft specification.
It's a big step in a positive direction for Task Group N.
FASTER WI-FI OK'D
At its meeting in Hawaii yesterday, IEEE Task Group N unanimously confirmed the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC)'s proposal as its draft 802.11n high-speed specification, according to numerous accounts. Within hours, at least two vendors sprang into action, announcing new products based on the draft. Broadcom promised its Intensi-fi family of wireless LAN chipsets will follow the spec; Marvell followed suit with its 88W836X chipsets. Other announcements should follow shortly.
Task Group N is charged with developing a final upgrade to the 802.11 standard for wireless local-area networks (WLANs), offering improvements in data throughput and operating distance. The EWC group represents the efforts of a host of wireless vendors, including Apple Computer, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Gateway, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, PMC-Sierra, Sanyo, Sony, Toshiba, and US Robotics.
"Broadcom is pleased that the IEEE has confirmed the 802.11n draft specification," Dr. Henry Samueli, Broadcom's co-founder, said yesterday. "We have been active participants in the standards process and are very happy to see the industry achieve technical consensus. With today's announcement, Broadcom is excited to deliver on our promise of interoperable, next-generation wireless products for our customers and consumers."
The company said its new chipsets will incorporate all mandatory elements of the 802.11n draft and is designed to be software upgradeable once the standard is finalized.
"Marvell is thrilled that this specification enables our customers to be the first to ship IEEE 802.11n draft-compliant WLAN products to the market," Weili Dai, executive vice president of Marvell said today. "We thank the IEEE Task Group N for their outstanding work and effort in converging on a draft specification for the IEEE 802.11n standard." Marvell also pledged to comply "100 percent" with the draft specification.
It's a big step in a positive direction for Task Group N.