Intel Puts WiFi Back Into Next Gen Chipsets 83
bizpile writes "After announcing that they were removing WiFi from their next generation of chips, Intel has decided to put it back. The next generation of chips are also expected to include the 1066MHz frontside bus Intel introduced this week and support 667MHz DDR 2 SDRAM."
Intelligent (Score:5, Interesting)
AMD is far, far ahead of Intel.. in a galaxy far, (Score:4, Interesting)
Still not as fast as AMD's 1600mhz FSB which has been around a while now. And who cares about quadruple pumped ram when we (AMD fanboys) have 64 bits and DDR4 to playwith!?
Speeds? 802.11? (Score:5, Interesting)
What 802.11 protocols is this going to support?
The article claims Intel's main reasoning for this is to make the PC "...act as a Wi-Fi access point."
Okay, if they're not going to put in the new protocols (ie 802.11n, etc.) what's the point?
Anyone have anymore details?
I know what I'll do with mine... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Intelligent (Score:3, Interesting)
From a populist POV, you're absolutely correct.
But, I'm not all that excited to see WiFi making its way "back" into a mainstream product without there being significant (enough) strides to securing the communication.
Wireless is still not easily secured enough for the general populace, and making it even more pervasive before an intelligent solution to our current problems is presented is being non-intelligent.
Take a walk around your area with a laptop/PDA and Kismet to see what I mean.
War in 1066? frontside bus of 1066? coincidence? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:New Slogan (Score:4, Interesting)
Everything on the motherboard is not so great, but as technologies become more stable they tend to migrate there. If I'm just building a business PC and I don't need stellar graphics I'm just fine with integrated video. If I don't have any special networking needs I'm happy with integrated Ethernet.
I remember when your IDE interface was a card, and your serial port was on a card, and your sound was on a card... that wasn't so great, either.