Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
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Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
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Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
#2Will CPUs access HDDs via WIFI in the near future? Will it matter if they're in the same case anymore?
Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
#3The title is somewhat misleading. Intel developed a "processor" (digital chip) to handle WiFi. The title implies that the chip + antennas are integrated within the CPU.
Sure, in the future the digital chip may end up being integrated, but this isn't major news, in my opinion.
Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
#4Will CPUs access HDDs via WIFI in the near future? Will it matter if they're in the same case anymore?
Wi-Fi is about 1/10th the speed of SATA, so no.
Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
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#6Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
#7The title is somewhat misleading. Intel developed a "processor" (digital chip) to handle WiFi. The title implies that the chip + antennas are integrated within the CPU. Sure, in the future the digital chip may end up being integrated, but this isn't major news, in my opinion.
Are you sure? Because if you were right, I don't think Intel would use money and resources to make a big announcement that they have caught up with technology that has been around for 13 years. From all other news and PR releases I've read, the wifi transceiver is integrated on the intel cpu dye. I believe you still need an antenna, but at these frequencies those are quite small (3mmx3mm inverted f).
Re: Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is
#8The title is somewhat misleading. Intel developed a "processor" (digital chip) to handle WiFi. The title implies that the chip + antennas are integrated within the CPU. Sure, in the future the digital chip may end up being integrated, but this isn't major news, in my opinion.
That's exactly what they did. That's what SOC means. Basically instead of having to have a separate chip on the board for the radio, it's within the processor. Of course the board still needs an antenna, but this is just another step towards x86 cell phones.
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#9This is basically Intel announcing that they are ready to compete in the mobile phone/tablet SoC market. The other vendors already had integrated wifi, 3G/LTE, but used ARM processors, locking out Intel.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wi-Fi is about 1/10th the speed of SATA, so no.
Do you always need maximum speed?
Always no, often yes. Just think about copying about anything from/to HDD. Now let it take ten times as long. Game installations, torrents, everything. Currently HDD is often a bottleneck.