802.11n posts - Speeds and Feeds

August 21, 2007 10:15 AM PDT

This is the seventh in a series of posts from the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University. The previous installments looked at technology and software, process technology, multicore designs, IBM's Power6 efforts, Vernor Vinge's keynote address, and Nvidia. Other CNET coverage may be found here. This is sort of an experiment for me; I usually prefer to have time to review my work before I publish it. If you see anything wrong, please leave a comment!

This session has two presentations--one from SiBeam describing wireless HDTV transmission for home use, the other from Broadcom on new 802.11n Wi-Fi technology.

The SiBeam presentation is easily summarized: It describes a chipset that sends uncompressed HDTV video over ... Read More

Topics:: News Analysis,; Networking,; Processors

Tags:: Hot Chips,; wireless,; SiBeam,; OmniLink60,; Broadcom,; WiFi,; 802.11n

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