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Intel Puts WiFi Back Into Next Gen Chipsets
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."
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.
"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!?
Do they mean 802.11a, b, or g? Certainly not 'a', I hope not just 'b'.
I bet they're struggling with heat dissipation and power consumption.
Probably they see that 'g' is commoditized and ripe for inclusion on the motherboard, and that the practical concerns over heat and power will be solved..
sigs, as if you care.
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?
I'm still waiting for Intel to put WTF back in their chipsets.
Perhaps it's been delayed until after the RTFA implementation?
"Insecurity Inside! Now 150% easier to hack!" I've had bad experiences with integrated systems that include everything on the motherboard. Back when, it was so nice to just replace the bad component, and not just the entire bloody motherboard.
If I recall correctly, it was pointed out in the last article along this line that Intel was NOT removing WiFi from their laptop chipsets. The new chipset under developement were to have a built in access point. This is what was being removed. There was NEVER any intention to remove WiFi client support.
no, nothing changed. The original interpretation of Wi-Fi having been "dropped" was a misinterpretation.
The original decision was to remove *soft AP functionality* from the chipset. Not to drop Wi-Fi entirely. Go back and read what was said back then.
Put your Wi-fi in you take your Wi-fi out
you put your Wi-fi in and you shake it all about....