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60Ghz Wireless Coming Thanks to WiGig Alliance

Mon Dec 14, 2009 at 03:30 PM ET

Forget all about 802.11g and Draft N. The future, according to WiGig, is in 60Ghz wireless technology, capable of transmitting data at up to 7Gbps.

It’s been a long time coming, but the WiGig Alliance has finally announced the specifications for their new wireless streaming technology. There are a great many details including backwards compatibility and support for high and low power versions of WiGig. The real story though, is in the streaming speed.

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Seven gigabits per second is more than ten times faster than wireless N. It’s a higher bitrate than that of standard DVDs, and higher than Blu-ray discs. What this means from a practical standpoint is that wireless devices are about to get a lot more useful.

Though WiGig says we won’t be seeing this standard in products anytime soon – it’s being made available to member companies at the beginning of 2010 – they hope to see it in a wide range of electronics. Dr. Ali Sadri, chairman of the WiGig Alliance puts it thusly. “We're rapidly paving the way for the introduction of the next generation of high-performance wireless products – PCs, mobile handsets, TVs and displays, Blu-ray disc players, digital cameras and many more.”

Wireless streaming at this speed would make networked video and audio almost a no brainer. Hopefully they’ll have some dates for us by the time CES rolls around.

Source: InformationWeek

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