Leading Wi-Fi chip manufacturers will be announcing a new industry forum on Monday to help accelerate efforts to create a new, faster Wi-Fi standard, says a source close to the companies. Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say.
…well the wireless implementations were always a heck of a mess. 802.11 a/b/g, “Turbo” versions and God knows what else…I sure hope that this time the “n” version will be worth the wait.
“I sure hope that this time the “n” version will be worth the wait.”
I wouldn’t bet on it. As soon as there is anything resmbling a standard in the computer world, someone thinks to themself “gee, if I make something different I could make millions!” and it all falls to pieces again.