Broadcom Releases Single Chip 802.11n Solution
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The announcement of the chip which is at once very small and claimed to be very fast will be, barring any unforeseen problems, an amazing and inexpensive way to gain high speed connectivity for most computers.
The claimed actual throughput is 200Mbps, which is startling and unexpected, as this is faster than many Gigabit wired LANs achieve. No actual test results have been made available as yet, so speed and distance claims are murky right now.
The chip size is quoted as 65 micrometers, which includes the media access controller, the baseband processor, and two radio units, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, along with the other ancillary components. Naturally, this allows extremely low power drain, and therefore qualifies as ‘green’.
Those innovators who wish to put everything slightly electrical on the network presumably have visions of wonder in their heads, considering how easily the chip will be grafted into anything from a washing machine to the family microwave.
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Tags: broadcom, 802.11n, 11n networking, lan, wireless lan, green computing