20 Gigabyte Wireless?
Filed in archive Networking by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 14, 2007
They haven't even approved the 802.11n standard, and they're already talking about a wireless specification that has a theoretical maximum of 20 gigabytes ? Sign me up for that!
Unfortunately, this isn't an IP networking technology, but geared at eliminating all the wires associated with high-definition television sets. 1080p at 24 bit color depth and 60 Hz refresh rate translates into a metric ton of data, thus it makes sense they're trying to develop something that can push lots of data.
The specification is not only about speed, but about controlling audio/visual devices, providing privacy for "user generated content," and of course, respecting the copy protection wishes of the content holders. I have to presume this will be HDCP compliant, though the WirelessHD site makes no mention of that. [...]
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