Marvell unveils Avastar 88W8797, first wireless SoC for mobile devices with 2×2 MIMO
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The days of the shotgun modem live on with MIMO — multiple-input and multiple-output adapters that offer numerous antennas to aggregate numerous parallel connections. Marvell just became the first to put such a solution on a tiny SoC, debuting its Avastar 88W8797 with dual 802.11n connectivity for transmission and receiving. This allows for 300Mbps transfers along with Bluetooth 4.0 and even FM transmission and reception, all built into a single chip with “advanced power management designed specifically for handheld products such as smartphones and tablets.” You know what that means: shotgun WiFi in next-gen mobile devices. Yee haw!
Marvell unveils Avastar 88W8797, first wireless SoC for mobile devices with 2×2 MIMO originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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