Monday, November 04, 2002

Full speed ahead for IBM transistor. Big Blue on Monday will debut a 350GHz transistor for wireless chips that promises enough power to build future networks to change how people use PCs and electronics. [CNET News.com] More wireless progress. This is going to be the biggest thing in tech for years to come. This enables all the cool things we'd like to do with WLANs today, but can't. Imagine TVs, stereos, storage appliances, laptops...all connected with a truly broadband link, 100s of megabits per second. No wires, so home theater installation is as simple as moving a few small boxes around. High end audio, with mono-block style speaker amps become common. I can't wait. 7:05:59 AM

Wi-Fi That Follows You Around. A new type of Wi-Fi system connects existing laptops and other computers by directing beams of coverage through hundreds of tiny antennas. Paul Boutin reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] This is GREAT! WiFi, already a disruptive user technology, gets an upgrade. I love the elegance of the design - using 30 milliwatts of power to connect users up to 4 Km away. Whoa. This could be bad news for some of the WLAN tech companies (Mesh Networks, for example), but anything that expands the use of WiFi is OK by me. 6:53:34 AM

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