Posted April 10, 2013, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Industry News
The latest beta of Mac OS X 10.8.4 includes the string “802.11ac channel” within the bowels of its code, a report by 9to5Mac claims. This discovery suggests the Apple’s next generation of Macs may feature 802.11ac hardware, corroborating previous rumors. Additionally,…
A new wireless standard promising blazing speeds over short distances was recently adopted by the IEEE. Known as 802.11ad. The ratified standard will deliver 7Gbps speeds over 60GHz frequencies and should appear in consumer electronics as soon as next year.…
Posted January 7, 2013, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Following up from Qualcomm's introduction of StreamBoost last week we're now starting to see the first devices to take advantage of the technology. Today at CES Qualcomm introduced a range of wireless networking products, including the Gaming Router 5000, which…
With the rise of connected devices at home downloading and streaming content it's getting increasingly easy to choke the average network when working simultaneously. The new 802.11ac standard is expected to address some of this starting in 2013, offering up…
Posted December 5, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Following up on the 802.11ac 2x2 chip unveiled this summer, Marvell has announced what is said to be the industry's first 802.11ac 4x4 wireless local area network (WLAN) system-on-a-chip (SoC). Providing streaming data rates of up to 1.3Gb/s when using…
According to this press release, Belkin will be joining a small but growing club of vendors who offer wireless routers with 802.11ac. The latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac operates on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously to deliver higher speeds than current…
Marvell has pulled the curtain on its first 802.11ac chip, a debut which makes Marvell the second manufacturer to produce an 802.11ac solution thus far. The Avastar 88W8897 may feature a name only an industry OEM could love, but marks…
Posted May 16, 2012, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Earlier this week Buffalo beat Netgear to market with the first commercially available 802.11ac router, but it didn’t take long for the latter to respond by launching its own R6300 Wi-Fi router and adding a couple more products into the…
Netgear may have been first to announce a 802.11ac wireless router, but Buffalo has beaten them to the punch by actually delivering one to market. The AirStation WZR-D1800H wireless router and WLI-H4-D1300 wireless media bridge are on sale now at…
Netgear today announced the release of what it claims is the world's first router to utilize Broadcom's "5G Wi-Fi" 802.11ac chips, which are supposedly capable of delivering speeds over 1Gbit/s on wireless. Mind you, there aren't any compatible devices out…
Posted April 10, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
A new Wi-Fi standard that is being co-defined by Broadcom and Qualcomm Atheros is preparing to take wireless speeds to the next level. 802.11ac will replace the existing 802.11n standard as the next step in mainstream wireless networking by the…
Broadcom is ushering in a new generation of Wi-Fi technology with the release of its first gigabit-speed 802.11ac chips. The company says the new chips are aimed at enabling higher-bandwidth services like HD movie streaming over wireless connections. They are…
The Wi-Fi Alliance has been working to push wireless speeds into gigabit territory for a couple of years now, and it appears that Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is on board to make this a reality. During the Wireless Technology…
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