Well, it’s official! The Wimax race is on according to Tom’s Hardware. It is still too early to say who will come out on top yet, but no matter who it is we can be sure that Wimax is here to stay!

Calgary - Wi-LAN, a developer of wireless broadband access products, announced a subscriber station design that integrates Fujitsu’s WiMax system-on-a-chip (SoC). The company expects first WiMax networks to be available to end-users at the end of this year.

WiMax is leaving is theoretical phase and is showing users its silicon face for the first time. After Intel’s Rosedale chip, Fujitsu announced at the Broadband Wireless World conference another WiMax solution that was co-developed with Calgary-based Wi-LAN. Wi-LAN itself uses the 802.16e-2004 compatible WiMax SoC for it Libra MX system board that acts as full WiMax subscriber station and will be marketed as reference design to WiMax developers. [Read the rest]