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New certification process will ignite sales of 802.11n Draft 2.0 products

The Wi-Fi Alliance’s recent announcement that it will begin certifying products using the 802.11n Draft 2.0 specification starting in June is expected to help enhance customer confidence over pre-N products and therefore boost sales of 802.11n devices and help the industry migrate to 802.11n from 802.11g. Initially, pre-N routers were priced close to US$200 per unit and have only recently been slashed to below US$100. But the current prices are still nearly double the US$50 cost of a mainstream 802.11g model.

Although chipmakers Atheros Communications, Broadcom and Marvell jointly completed interoperability testing of WLAN devices built with 802.11n Draft 1.0-compliant chips from the three chip vendors at Computex Taipei 2006, consumers were still reluctant to pick up 802.11n Draft 1.0-compliant products as those products still lacked a certified mark from the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Things have been going better this year when the Wi-Fi Alliance announced in May its first-round list of chipmakers producing chips compliant with the 802.11n Draft 2.0 standard. The certified chip vendors include Intel, Atheros, Broadcom, Marvell and Taiwan-based Ralink Technology.

The upcoming certification process will not only certify interoperability for products using the 802.11n Draft 2.0 standard, but also backward interoperation with products certified for previous 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g standards. Products that are certified will display a new logo to let customers know that they have been certified.

Source: DigiTimes

Ολοκλήρωση των εργασιών του 2ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου της ΕΕΤΤ

Με επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκαν σήμερα οι εργασίες του 2ου τριήμερου διεθνούς Συνεδρίου της ΕΕΤΤ με θέμα “Οι Παγκόσμιες Δυναμικές του Ευρυζωνικού Διαδικτύου- Εxploring the Global Dynamics of Broadband Internet” στο οποίο φιλοξενήθηκε και το AWMN.

Οι ομιλίες/ παρουσιάσεις της 1ης Ημέρας του Συνεδρίου είναι διαθέσιμες στο δικτυακό τόπο της ΕΕΤΤ: www.eett.gr/Conference2007

Περισσότερα: AWMN

AMD releases 9-watt Sempron

AMD announced the latest addition to the embedded product lineup, the Sempron 2100+ processor. The new Sempron 2100+ has a thermal design power rating of nine watts. With the low TDP rating, the Sempron 2100+ is ideal for fan-less embedded systems.

AMD packages the Sempron 2100+ in a Socket S1 package. The Sempron 2100+ is compatible with the AMD M690T chipset. The new Sempron 2100+ is the first embedded targeted processor from AMD to feature AMD64 technology.

Source: Dailytech