Intel Says, “Standards, Schmandards”, Goes for 802.11n
- December 1st, 2006
- 1 Comment
 is set to feature the draft 802.11n version of WiFi, even though it’s not an official standard. This puts Intel in good company with its <a href=)
Draft 802.11n is the likely successor to the current popular 802.11 WiFi standards, a and g, but is still in its non-official state. If (or, indeed, when) the IEEE votes the current draft as the standard, then those with the chipsets set to this draft (like Intel’s, here) wouldn’t have to do anything: they’re in. However if changes are made before the final vote of Working Group 11, then a firmware update would be likely for those who buy now to work with the standard, which should be finalized in about a year.
We see this as a trend, and thusly it should be watched, packaged, marketed, and then, of course, put on lunch boxes.
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drdrew (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Even though it’s not ‘official’ yet, keeping ahead of the curve is great for those who really care about this standard - bleeding edge geeks. Plus, if the finalized, accepted standard is different, the fact that it’s only a firmware update and not a hardware repurchase makes it a much easier decision (not to mention the edge they’ll have over their competition with the extra time to tweak the hardware specs and bug fix real-world situations). I like it; initiative in tech is not usually done by the big boys this early on.