7Gbps Devices Should Ship by 2012 Says WiGig

[exfileme]

Is the era of stringing numerous cables nearly over?

7Gbps Devices Should Ship by 2012 Says WiGig : Read more

 

[jomofro39]

Well, this is good news. Not unexpected, but good. Bring on innovation!

 

[abswindows7]

Hello Cancer

 

[Snipergod87]

And the range will be 3 feet?

 

[andrewfy]

There's a good analysis over at TheDailyCircuit. I like the gbps comparison between WiGig and the current-best 12x Blu-ray drive.

 

[nick8191]

I wonder if they have a solution for the high frequency range problem... They do have a solution don't they?

 

[hellwig]

[citation][nom]Snipergod87[/nom]And the range will be 3 feet?[/citation]
Direct line of sight, maybe. Put a piece of paper in between and I doubt you'll get any reception. Heck, according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_high_frequency, even high-humidity can cause signal degradation.

 

[ikefu]

According to the wiki link, 60Ghz can be used up to 1.7km. Now obviously that is with a much much higher power output than a consumer product would have and probably with a directional antenna as well, but that does mean it could work for your house if they do it right.

I am skeptical that they will do it right however.

 

[azgard]

It's Infrared, so its line of sight, cables won't be going anywhere this type of technology is going to be severely limited to specialized application's. Site to site wireless links come to mind.

 

[znegval]

[citation][nom]hellwig[/nom]Direct line of sight, maybe. Put a piece of paper in between and I doubt you'll get any reception. Heck, according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_high_frequency, even high-humidity can cause signal degradation.[/citation]

The article even states that a 60GHz frequency actually has problems with oxygen molecules. And we have a lot of those in our atmosphere.

 

[Pyroflea]

I wouldn't get too excited quite yet. I think jumping from 54mbps-150mbps (on average) to a whopping 7gbsp in the span of a year is a bit optimistic. There's some fine print they're leaving out.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Amazing how long it took them to go from 802.11b to 802.11n and all the sudden, this!

 

[Zerk]

3 Feet! Really?

What good is 5,000GBs with a range on 1 foot, LOL.

Nah, Really?

 

[chodaboy]

It would really suck if my neighbor’s TV suddenly started showing my incredibly disgusting porn…

 

[eddieroolz]

Wireless is generally good but for something like TV cables I think I'd like wires.

By the way, where's my wireless electricity?

 

[weatherdude]

I continue to remain skeptical of wireless technology supplanting physical connections. Sure it's come a long way and is remarkably useful but I'm not too certain on how much more data we can pump into space without interference from countless other sources. Data intense applications like HD video signals will always be better with cables because they are reliable and offer more bandwidth.

 

[Griffolion]

Nothing makes me feel more like a man than securely plugging in an ethernet cable from my [device] to my switch/router.

Wifi is for an absolute needs must situation in my mind (and women, since they get all moaney at how nasty cables look).

 

[yardpup01]

IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, btw.