NICTAâ€™s new chip promises true wireless revolution

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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16804/1103/

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NICTA (National ICT Australia), an Australian research institute in the field of information and communications technology, has made a wireless networking breakthrough that promises to usher in the true, high speed, wireless revolution in the home and office that weâ€™ve all been waiting for.

The new technology took three years to develop, includes a complete transmitter and receiver, and is the â€œworldâ€™s first transceiver integrated on a single chipâ€, operating at 60Ghz and using the most common â€“ and inexpensive â€“ semiconductor technology, CMOS.

NICTA Chief Technology Officer, Embedded Systems, Dr. Chris Nicol said the availability of a single chip, low cost, very high speed wireless technology will transform the home entertainment industry, making the high speed networking of office and home equipment - without wires â€“ a reality at last.

Prototype Aussie chip promises 5Gbps data rate

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Speaking with the Sydney Morning Herald, project leader Professor Stan Skafidas said: â€œI believe in the longer term every consumer device will have this technology,â€ of the tiny 5mm per-side chip, which functions better than Wi-Fi, is able to transmit data at 5Gbps across distances of up to 10 metres, and is expected to cost only around $10 AUD to manufacture.

According to Professor Skafidas, the new chip will probably require a further 12 months of work before it is declared ready for marketing to the public. He also added that the research team is yet to develop the technology for injecting data into the transceiver.

Looks good.

Werebo · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:27 am Post subject:

It weren't that long ago when data transfer across the net was 'bottlenecked' by the modem. At this rate, the PC will be the bottleneck!!!

BudDurland · Joined: Dec 05, 2002 Posts: 413

How long before Cisco figures out how to make it proprietary? Smile

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 975 Location: Central FL, USA

Being OLD and having worked in the field of computer technology since the days of the vacuum tube (valve, to my UK friends), I've witnessed the development of the transistor, the ECL chips, the LSI chips,the LED, the CMOS chips and finally the one-chip processor.

Huge leaps in technology have been made between the 8088 processor chip in my first IBM XT Clone to my AMD dual core processor in my current PC.

A one-chip wireless transceiver is just a logical extension of existing technology. I'm not surprised to see it, but instead I wonder why it's taken so long. It should have been installed in the first PC with wireless capability.

Well, better late than never, I allus say. Wink

The Doctor

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