2011/1/22 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 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
my bad... mini-PCIE.
> 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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