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Intel Demo's Mobile WiMAX Chip |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
Intel, a strong proponent of WiMAX, announced it has
completed the design of its first mobile WiMAX baseband chip to complement its
dual WiMAX/Wi-Fi chip.
The completed chipset will allow Intel to offer mobile/fixed
WiMax and 802.11n, or as Intel calls "always best connected" mobile Internet
experience.
The Intel WiMAX Connection 2300 chipset design was
demonstrated during at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong
this week.
The demo consisted of an Intel Centrino Duo laptop that
supported 802.16e-2005 (mobile WiMAX) 802.11n and 3G HSDPA.
The company said the completed design brings it a step
closer to an integrated wireless system-on-chip that will help drive WiMAX
adoption by maximising useable space in mobile devices.
As laptops become smaller, for example, they will have
limited space for new technologies. Integration also helps enable ubiquitous
connectivity on ultra mobile PCs, consumer electronics and handheld devices
that have significant size constraints for the number of cards or components.
Intel's support for Wi-Fi MIMO functionality on the baseband
chip will enhance the signal quality and throughput of wireless bandwidth, it
said.
The baseband chip also employs the same software for Intel's
WiMAX and Wi-Fi solutions to help ensure unified management for connectivity.
Over-the-air provisioning supports easy configuration and
enables consumer activation of services, shifting the traditional hands on
service provider business model to a direct activation one based purely on
consumer purchases of mobile devices.
The baseband chip also has low power requirements for
increased battery life and lower thermals to support smaller and thinner designs.
Intel hopes have samples of a PC card and chipset module for
system makers early next year.
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