802.11ad
At the 2018 CES, Netgear had introduced the Nighthawk XR500 gaming router and the SX10 (GS810EMX) NBASE-T switch as part of the Nighthawk Pro family to server the needs of gamers. Today, they are launching the XR700 router that brings the capabilities of the router component to be a more powerful complement to the SX10 NBASE-T switch introduced earlier. Similar to the XR500, the new XR700 router runs the DumaOS firmware developed by Netduma. DumaOS has been receiving frequent updates to enable compatibility of features such as geo-filtering with the latest games. The capabilities of DumaOS have been well-marketed by Netgear earlier. The main difference between the XR500 and the XR700 lies in the internal hardware. While the XR500 was an AC2600 router with the Qualcomm-based...
Intel Discontinues WiGig Cards, Antenna and Sink, Set to Focus on WiGig for VR
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...
12 by Anton Shilov on 9/8/2017Wi-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 10/28/2016Netgear 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 10/19/2016Sirin 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 6/10/2016WiGig 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 7/16/2014MWC 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 2/25/2014Wilocity 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 1/12/2013Wilocity 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