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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Worlds Smallest WiFi Chip?

With the popularity of WiFi growing it’s no surprise to see major developments in the technology surrounding it. Now NXP (formerly Phillips) has announced a 5 X 5 millimeter WiFi Chip! Obviously aimed at the handset market this and other developments are great news for those who love WiFi!

Wi-FIplanet.com reported more details on the chip:The GBM220 chip supports 802.11b/g and integrates the radio, baseband and MAC in a single 81-pin package that measures 5 x 5 mm. A single antenna for the device will support it and a Bluetooth chip, as well. It will also support NXP's power management, and will meet the usual Wi-Fi requirements for WPA2 and WMM, plus Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) for better use with Cisco infrastructure found in enterprise WLANs.

Take a look at the picture of the chip below: (you may have to squint)

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Posted by Steve Ross on Technology
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it´s so small that I could not even see the picture :)

# 1 | Sent by: martin varsavsky – Thursday, April 5, 2007 (05:14)

Your pic should be half a centimeter square unless it has been reduced to deceive your visitors. is that normal practice at this website Blog.fon.com.

# 2 | Sent by: Alex – Wednesday, April 11, 2007 (01:11)

Alex - it was my attempt at humor. Since this isn't a FON product and we have no business relationship with NXP I was just having some fun. It wasn't intended to deceive.

# 3 | Sent by: Steve Ross – Wednesday, April 11, 2007 (12:46)

its a frickin perion . look familar? highlight it with your mouse and you'll see shading on the top now why would have a picture and 4/5 of it is white

# 4 | Sent by: josh – Thursday, April 12, 2007 (22:09)

Yep, it's a period! Just trying to have some fun.

# 5 | Sent by: Steve Ross – Friday, April 13, 2007 (02:15)


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