Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The first chips Qualcomm Atheros arrive

The buyback Atheros Qualcomm is beginning to show fruit. Qualcomm Atheros is a subsidiary of Qualcomm, which has therefore to announce his "first" chips. The first, WCN3660, is a chip designed to assist the SoC Snapdragon, pending integration into the future. The chip supports 802.11n Wi-Fi on a channel (150 Mbps) in both conventional frequency bands, the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.

Compatible with Bluetooth 3.0 and 4.0, it is also capable of receiving analog radio signals and is even compatible RDS. The chip is expected in late 2011 and will be compatible with most operating systems. The second, AR9004TB is a smart Wi-Fi WiGig but also an evolution of the standard.

Wi-Fi "classic", it was the usual compatibility with 802.11b (11 Mbps), 11 (54 Mbps), 11g (54 Mbps) and 11n (300 Mbps). The 2.4 GHz frequency bands (11b, 11g and 11n) and 5 GHz (11a and 11n) are in the game. For WiGig, aka 802.11ad, the card works in the 60 GHz band. WiGig should reach at the final seven gigabits per second and is destined - in addition to data transfer - the video in HD.

The WiGig should make it possible to deport the whole screen without loss of quality, it transmits a signal DisplayPort without compression. Finally, the AR9004TB is Bluetooth enabled and supports version 4.0 of the standard.

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