More than 100 times faster than WiFi

Radio scientists at IBM Research and MediaTek are teaming up to develop a wireless transmission protocol that will deliver files more than 100 times faster than WiFi.

The idea is to take advantage of the 60GHz spectrum, according to Mehmet Soyuer, the lead researcher on the project, whose based in IBM's TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. These chips will be able to transfer files at around 2.5 gigabits per second, compared to the 11 to 54 megabits of WiFi. Hence the 100x faster calculation, Soyuer said.

Put another way, these chips could transfer at 10 gigabyte file wirelessly in five seconds or so, something that would take several minutes on a WiFi network.

The 60GHz spectrum is part of the millimeter wave spectrum, which runs from 30GHz to 300GHz. SiBeam, which is the driving force behind the WirelessHD consortium, has been showing off 60GHz chips in TVs and will make a big push for them at CES. Other companies are also coming out with high-end wireless video and audio chips.

IBM brings the radio expertise to the project while MediaTek will work on the digital signal processing.

IBM and MediaTek want to have something out in three years.

Speed will be rocking .. streaming home media servers

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3 years cant wait for that long .... btw is bluetooth nearing its death like iRd

yep bluetooth may be going out, but still is used a lot, BTW is there any other way of connection to handsfree headphones other than bluetooth ?

ya wires

10 gigabyte file in five seconds????!!! :shock:

Holy s*** thats gonna rockkkk

iMav said:
ya wires

infra bhai ka zamana gaya

@azzu
english plz

azzu is saying ...."The days for infra bro(infra red dude) are over now "

anIRudh's(infra_red_dude) time is over

Time for a name change Infra_Red_Dude?

^^^

Yeah .. change it to Wi-Fi now...

or BlueTooth Dude

Awww... I feel so old after reading this!

I guess I can survive for "3 more years"! Hehe...

Hmm... 3 years?? Naah.. did someone forget about the remote controls for TV/Music system etc??? Infra Red lives on.....

But I wonder when will this kind of technology reach the common man!

mind blowing!!!!!!wen will it come to my college ????? :mrgreen:

anyway y u guys saying that time of bluetooth is over???

mind blowing!!!!!!wen will it come to my college ????? :mrgreen:

anyway y u guys saying that time of bluetooth is over???

^^ array we are saying time of IR is going to be over. When did we mentioned BlueTooth..

Charan said:
yep bluetooth may be going out, but still is used a lot, BTW is there any other way of connection to handsfree headphones other than bluetooth ?

then wats this

awwww. common guys .. pls stick to topic

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This would be great.

How about Wi-Fi Dude

^^ refer to post #11.
He says he will stick to IR...