Ultrafast chipset enables wireless downloads in seconds

Ultrafast chipset enables wireless downloads in seconds

IBM and MediaTek announced a joint initiative to develop ultra fast chipsets that will wirelessly transmit a full-length high- definition movie to and from a home PC, handheld device, retail kiosk, or TV. This development, for example, will allow an upload of a 10-Gbyte file in 5 s versus 10 min when using current Wi-Fi technology.

This joint project is based on millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technologythe highest frequency portion of the radio spectrum where massive amounts of information can be sent quicklyand digital chipsets. This technology has been a focus at IBM Research for the past four years. The large bandwidth for data transmission available at the mmWave frequency band allows at least 100 times higher data rates than current Wi-Fi standards.

Ultrafast chipset promise to wirelessly transmit a full-length high definition movie to and from a home PC, hand-held device, retail kiosk, or television.

For more information about mmWave visit http://www.research.ibm.com/mmwave and for information about MediaTek, visit http://www.mtk.com.tw or call Mingto Yu at 011-886-3-567-0766 #26521.

Christina Nickolas