Marvell unveils Avastar 88W8797, first wireless SoC for mobile devices with 2×2 MIMO

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! Continue reading Marvell unveils Avastar 88W8797, first wireless SoC for mobile devices with 2×2 MIMO 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 . Permalink

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