2) What frequency range does the wireless antenna support?
3) Where is the wireless antenna located?
4) What is the expected battery life with wireless use?Through its "Intel Inside" branding program, Intel has sought to convince consumers and IT professionals that their computer-purchasing decisions should rest largely on the type of microprocessor used. The chipmaker"s strategy has clearly succeeded, particularly in the notebook market, much to the chagrin of worthy competitors like AMD. The question is, will it work for wireless?
The WLAN chip market has changed dramatically in recent years. Three years ago, Agere
Systems and Intersil Corp. were the dominant players. Agere adopted a business strategy pursuant to which it developed not only chipsets, but also a line of WLAN products marketed under the ORiNOCO brand name. The company also OEM"d wireless NICs to a number of vendors. Agere now focuses on chip development,
having sold its ORiNOCO division to Proxim in 2002.
Intersil took a different tack, marketing its Prism chipsets and reference designs to a broad range of vendors, including Cisco Systems, Symbol Technologies and a number of low-cost Asian manufacturers. While this approach proved highly successful for the most part, Intersil had trouble transitioning from 802.11b to 802.11a/g. The company sold its WLAN chipset group to GlobespanVirata in 2003.
One of the key reasons why Agere and Intersil changed strategies was the emergence of Atheros Communications and Broadcom as key suppliers of WLAN chipsets.
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