Great! It looks like the tapestry that is to be a solid set of standards for 802.11n is on its way thanks to Intel and other wi-fi chip companies.

Leading Wi-Fi chip manufacturers will be announcing a new industry forum on Monday to help accelerate efforts to create a new, faster Wi-Fi standard, says a source close to the companies.

Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say.

The goal of the forum is to help accelerate the IEEE process, which has been mired in political infighting between two different groups. The forum is likely to further aggravate this split in the technology community. [Read the rest]