Chipmakers like Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Broadcom have entered the early stages of development for the next generation of Wi-Fi chips. The next gen standard is for the Wi-Fi 7 chips that will likely feature improvement over the previous generation.
According to a DigiTimes report, the news arrives from industry sources close to the matter. In other words, the chipmaking giants are working on launching their own iterations Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) chips. This upcoming generation of wireless networking cards would be the successors to the Wi-Fi 6 standards and even the Wi-Fi 6 Plus standards as well. As per sources, this includes major firms like Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Broadcom.
All of these companies have known to supply wireless chips to various other OEMs. This includes PC and laptop makers, including Asus, Acer, HP, and others. These chips are also expected to arrive in smartphones, tablets, other products like WiFi routers as well and would likely offer improved wireless data transfer speeds and may even raise the wireless range as well. Unfortunately, this is all the information we have as of right now and we have no finer details regarding this matter. So stay tuned for more updates.
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