Frenchy

FEBRUARY 06, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Scientists at IBM have developed a chip set that they claim is capable of allowing wireless devices to operate more than 10 times faster than today's advanced Wi-Fi networks.
The chip set, using silicon germanium, is designed to operate in the 60-GHz band, an unlicensed portion of the radio spectrum that can be used to transport data-intensive formats such as HDTV (high-definition television), IBM said today.

Electronics makers have been looking for ways to exploit this portion of the radio spectrum, but previous chips designed to tap that potential were too large, expensive and difficult to integrate with other products, the company said.

The use of silicon germanium technology allows a high level of integration in the chips themselves, according to IBM. Antennas can be embedded directly into the chip set, helping to reduce system costs. More...

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Howard2k

At what cost to battery life though.

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Frenchy

IBM may get into this market too...

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daddybfree

Sounds promising :approve:

HAPPY BEAU

And it can cook your hot dogs and pop your corn to! :rolling:

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pablo216

Originally Posted by HAPPY BEAU

And it can cook your hot dogs and pop your corn to! :rolling:

Hmm... I didn´t see this in the article

JakeRich

Originally Posted by Howard2k

At what cost to battery life though.

I think it is not intended for the battery-based use. Consider this: All those cables behind your home theater--cable, sound, connectors--replaced by high bandwidth wireless connections. Imagine a WiFi-based remote control that lets you select what you want to see and hear, but the cable box/DVR/audio/whatever equipment doesn't have to be in the same room with you. Clean, cable free installations and freedom to move equipment wherever and whenever you need to with no wires other than the power cord.
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Pocketbrain

What? No electric spaghetti? No rat's nest of cables? No four-hour ordeal of hunting for the unplugged cable, only to have it unplug itself again when you push the TV back into place?
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kulnet

Sounds like a good idea to me in theory. I too am wondering just how bad that battery life will become though.

DynamiteMonkey

60GHz?!? Holy crap! Most radar devices are in the 30GHz range. What will this do to us? And you thought cell phones may cause cancer!