WiGig
In a surprising move, Intel has announced plans to discontinue a number of their 802.11ad products. The company intends to cease shipments of the majority of its WiGig devices by late 2017. Intel has not announced any replacements for the 802.11ad parts and says that it would focus on WiGig solutions designed for VR applications. Intel is formally initiating the EOL program for the Wireless Gigabit 11000 and Tri Band Wireless-AC 18260 controllers, the Wireless Gigabit Antenna-M M100041 antenna and the Wireless Gigabit Sink W13100 sink today (September 8). Intel is asking its partners to place their final orders on its WiGig-supporting network cards, antenna and sink by September 29, 2017. The final shipments will be made by December 29, 2017. Update 9/13: ZDNET has received...
HTC & Intel Partner on WiGig Wireless for Vive VR Headset
HTC's doing a little Spring cleaning, and it's starting with all the wires protruding from its headsets. The company announced today at Computex 2017 that it has partnered with...
9 by Ryan Smith on 5/30/2017
AMD Acquires 60 GHz Wireless IP and Staff from Nitero
AMD on Tuesday announced that it had acquired millimeter wave radio-related intellectual property and key engineers from Nitero. Nitero specialized in radio technology for the 60 GHz range, which...
19 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2017
Wi-Fi Alliance Begins to Certify 802.11ad WiGig Devices
The Wi-Fi Alliance this week began to certify products featuring wireless modules compatible with the 802.11ad standard (aka WiGig). The certification will help to ensure that all WiGig-branded devices...
50 by Anton Shilov on 10/28/2016
Netgear Launches 802.11ad-Enabled Nighthawk X10 (R9000) Wi-Fi Router
The Wi-Fi router market has seen a yearly cadence of flagship releases since the first 802.11ac routers came into the market in early 2012. Starting with 3x3 solutions, the...
57 by Ganesh T S on 10/19/2016
Sirin Labs Solarin Launched: World’s First Commercial Smartphone with WiGig
Sirin Labs, a developer of smartphones from Switzerland, last week announced its Solarin smartphone which promises to combine a luxurious design with high performance components, advanced security and support...
17 by Anton Shilov on 6/10/2016
WiGig Startup Nitero Launches NT4600 802.11ad Solution for Mobile Platforms
We have looked at multiple 60 GHz 802.11ad solutions from Wilocity over the last couple of years. A couple of weeks back, this market area received a fillip as...
12 by Ganesh T S on 7/16/2014
MWC 2014: Wilocity brings WiGig 802.11ad to Smartphones with Wil6300 Chipset
News just dropped through from Wilocity about its new Wil6300 chipset announced at Mobile World Congress. The Wil6300 chipset is quoted as the world’s first 802.11ad ‘WiGig’ multi-gigabit...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
Wilocity Bringing WiGig To Your Desk, Lap, Home and Office
We had a chance to meet with Wilocity to take a look at their progress in bringing WiGig to market. Let’s start with a primer. WiGig (802.11ad) is an...
10 by Jason Inofuentes & Cara Hamm on 1/12/2013
Dell Latitude 6430u Brings Wilocity's 802.11ad WiGig Solution to Consumers
Wireless networking has been making rapid strides in the last decade. Starting with the 11 Mbps 802.11b in mid-1999, we now have more than 1 Gbps of wireless throughput...
13 by Ganesh T S on 11/1/2012
Wilocity and 60GHz WiGig
Meeting with Wilocity today has been very interesting. Wilocity will be the first company to market with WiGig technology - a 60 GHz band wireless system. Designed...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2012
Wilocity Demonstrates 60 GHz WiGig (Draft 802.11ad) Chipset at CES
At CES, I visited Wilocity to learn more about their WiGig chipset and see how close they were to being production-ready. A number of news articles covering Wilocity at...
16 by Ganesh T S on 1/22/2012
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