7Gb/s Wireless Devices Coming in 2013

While not being displayed at this year’s Computex, WirelessAD chips already taped out and are being tested. The WirelessAD standard promises transfer speeds of 7 GB/s, but the technology will not replace WirelessN and WirelessAC.

The 802.11ad wireless communication standard operates in the 60 GHz band and is mostly designed to sustain networks inside the same room. The 60 Ghz signal is much more sensible to obstacles and is likely to be bounced off the walls. WirelessAD technology will coexist with current WirelessN networks working in 2.4 GHz band and new WirelessAC setups working in the 5 GHz band.

There will be tri-band routers, but most of the wireless home environment in the AD standard will evolve towards point to point connections in router-less setups. Mobile computers such as AMD Trinity powered UltraThin laptops and Hondo tablets or Intel UltraBooks will connect to remote docks with multiple connectivity options such as Gigabit LAN and USB 3.0 using WirelessAD technology.

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