2011/1/22 Daniel Halperin <dhalperi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2011/1/21 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Adding 2000 series devices supports, the 2000 series devices has
>>> many different SKUs which includes 1x1 and 2x2 devices,also with
>>
>> Is it just me, or is Intel really abandoning 3-stream 802.11n technology?
>
> It's just you. They released the 6300 not that long ago! But think
> about the market, how many 3-stream APs can you buy today?
Well, there is the Airport Extreme, the D-Link DIR-665 (with a
Marvell-chipped mini-PCI card inside), and also an offering from
Senao.
> Atheros
> still doesn't even have a 3-stream NIC end users can buy (though some
> companies are getting close!), but Intel's had one for nearly 3 years.
>
> There's a lot more room in the market at the low end, and that's where
> it makes sense to put your efforts towards product diversity.
> Manufacturers are looking for chips for printers, phones, netbooks,
> tiny laptops, etc., why would they pay for the silicon for extra
> processing and the design constraints(!) for extra antennas when it's
> not going to get used? Heck, a lot of these APs (see, e.g., Apple's
> airport express) only come with 100 Mbps wired ports!
>
> Dan
>
The problem is that what I currently see is that Intel is updating the
basic 2x2 half-mini offering (true, they are also releasing Bluetooth
combos and other new devices, but AFAIK one of the "g2" devices is
exactly the same feature-wise as the Centrino 6200), while the 6300
has not received any update ("released not that long ago"? AFAIK it's
been a year at least since it came out), and the 6350 was cancelled
before release, leaving 5350 without a successor.
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