As the world’s number one supplier of notebook platforms, Intel needs to adopt the latest technology as quickly as possible to maintain its lead. In addition, one of the main selling points of laptops is fast Wi-Fi connectivity, so it is very important for the CPU giant to embrace the latest technology version.After all, Intel is ready to support Wi-Fi 7 (opens in new tab) By client PC platform by 2024.
Intel’s vice president of wireless, Eric McLaughlin, said, “Currently, we are developing Intel’s Wi-Fi ‘802.11be’ to obtain the ‘Wi-Fi Alliance’ certification, and by 2024 It is planned to be installed in PC products of.” At a press conference in South Korea, the Solutions Division reported: ET News (opens in new tab) (via register (opens in new tab)). “We expect to see it in major markets in 2025.”
Wi-Fi 7 (also known as IEEE 802.11be) offers a maximum raw aggregate bitrate of 40,000 Mbit/s (40 Gbit/s), making a wired Ethernet connection unnecessary for most users. However, in most cases, client devices support fairly slow connections.
But to achieve such high bitrates, Wi-Fi 7 clients and access points use three bands: 2.40 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz, increase the channel width to 320 MHz, and use 4096-QAM should be added. Wi-Fi 7, on the other hand, will rely on technologies introduced by its predecessor, such as mandatory support for MU-MIMO (Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output) and OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) features supported by Wi-Fi. there is. 6 and Wi-Fi 6E.
Given Wi-Fi 7’s vastly improved performance over Wi-Fi 6/6E, Intel is looking to expand bandwidth to include augmented and virtual reality headsets that use Intel’s WiGig (Wireless Gigabit) technology. We expect to see adoption of this technology in high consumption applications.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is not expected to officially adopt the IEEE 802.11be specification until 2025, so some of its characteristics are subject to change. Interestingly, however, Intel is looking at it with enthusiasm, and will likely be working on his upcoming Wi-Fi 7 technology (or his own Wi-Fi 7 client chip) by 2024, when it’s commercially available. I hope it improves performance.
“With 802.11be being over a year away from release, there is still potential for further speed improvements,” McLaughlin said.
For quite some time, Intel has been one of the main proponents of Wi-Fi 7. So far, both Broadcom and Qualcomm have already announced Wi-Fi 7 draft compliant chips for access points and client devices.
