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Intel Puts WiFi Back Into Next Gen Chipsets

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everybody's-doin'-it-man dept.

bizpile writes "After announcing that they were removing WiFi from their next generation of chips, Intel has decided to put it back. The next generation of chips are also expected to include the 1066MHz frontside bus Intel introduced this week and support 667MHz DDR 2 SDRAM."

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  1. Intelligent by kc0re · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hope all the feedback from the slashdotters got back to Intel. It was a misguided and dare I say non-intelligent decision to remove it. Wi-fi is a part of all things now, and Intel needs to stay with the times. While money could be made from a marketing perspective to release one chip, then release another chip with wi-fi. People would buy both, or buy one and then the other.. People are dumb.

    1. Re:Intelligent by Not_Wiggins · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It was a misguided and dare I say non-intelligent decision to remove it. Wi-fi is a part of all things now, and Intel needs to stay with the times.

      From a populist POV, you're absolutely correct.

      But, I'm not all that excited to see WiFi making its way "back" into a mainstream product without there being significant (enough) strides to securing the communication.

      Wireless is still not easily secured enough for the general populace, and making it even more pervasive before an intelligent solution to our current problems is presented is being non-intelligent.

      Take a walk around your area with a laptop/PDA and Kismet to see what I mean.

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  2. AMD is far, far ahead of Intel.. in a galaxy far, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "The next generation of chips are also expect to include 1066MHz frontside bus Intel introduced this week and support 667MHz DDR 2 SDRAM."

    Still not as fast as AMD's 1600mhz FSB which has been around a while now. And who cares about quadruple pumped ram when we (AMD fanboys) have 64 bits and DDR4 to playwith!?

  3. Speeds? 802.11? by VE3ECM · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Okay, the article is a little light on details.

    What 802.11 protocols is this going to support?
    The article claims Intel's main reasoning for this is to make the PC "...act as a Wi-Fi access point."

    Okay, if they're not going to put in the new protocols (ie 802.11n, etc.) what's the point?

    Anyone have anymore details?

  4. I know what I'll do with mine... by RandoX · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...build a new MAME cab. Because let's face it, what could be cooler than MAME?

  5. War in 1066? frontside bus of 1066? coincidence? by Alives · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm I think this is foreshadowing some kinda tech war... Intel invades AMD's corporate offices? More on this story as it unfolds...

  6. Re:New Slogan by timster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know I won't buy a CPU unless the ALU is a separate component. I hate to replace a whole CPU just because it blew its multiply circuit.

    Everything on the motherboard is not so great, but as technologies become more stable they tend to migrate there. If I'm just building a business PC and I don't need stellar graphics I'm just fine with integrated video. If I don't have any special networking needs I'm happy with integrated Ethernet.

    I remember when your IDE interface was a card, and your serial port was on a card, and your sound was on a card... that wasn't so great, either.

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