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Intel To Include Draft 802.11n In Centrino

Posted by kdawson on from the talk-to-me dept.

filenavigator writes "Intel announced at the Globalcom 2006 Expo that they will be including Draft 802.11n hardware in their Centrino chips. It will be interesting since they said that they will start doing this sometime in the middle of 2007, and the 802.11n standard is not to be finalized until 2008. Additionally Draft 802.11n has been dogged by interoperability problems." From the article: "Although the news caused barely a ripple of reaction in the audience of software and hardware engineers, there are industry analysts who have already warned large buyers of wireless technology to resist the temptation to deploy high-speed IEEE 802.11n devices until the standard is ratified."

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  1. Funny misread by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "news caused barely a ripple of reaction in the audience"

    I misread that as "barely a nipple reaction".

    1. Re:Funny misread by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 4, Funny
      I misread that as "barely a nipple reaction".

      aka "802.11n leaves us cold?"

      -b.

  2. Re:Does draft 802.11n really work? by Gospodin · · Score: 3, Funny

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  3. Re:It's both dangerous and misleading to embed N n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Gee, you seem to have a firm handle on this. You really should mail those ignoramuses at Intel who have never thought about these kinds of issues, who don't know much about silicon, and who probably aren't good at keeping up with network technology and IEEE standards.



    I'm sure your valuable insights could save them hundreds of millions of dollars.