Qualcomm announces its first 802.11ax Wi-Fi products
I suspect that most gerbils probably have the same love-hate relationship with Wi-Fi that I do. I love it when it works, and hate it when it doesn't. Qualcomm has announced a pair of chips that the company claims to be the first 802.11ax solutions in the industry, and the technology within has the potential to increase the love and decrease the hate in the complex relationship between Wi-Fi and users. Qualcomm's IPQ8074 SoC wil bring 802.11ax to network infrastructure and the companion QCA6290 will bring the standard to more exciting client devices.
802.11ax's big claim to fame is a four-fold increase in peak bandwidth to 1.8 Gbps on the client side. The standard does not require a jump onto a new frequency band. Rather, 802.11ax's magic lies in combining the 2.4 GHz and 5 Ghz ...