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PCIe bring Wireless to reality for some

Jul 4

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ATHEROS AND WILOCITY are working towards a wireless technology that will fuse together traditional WiFi and internal communication buses on a PC as a wireless extension of the PCIe bus.

The tri-band communications technology combines 802.11g/n and PCIe in a single device, that is, 2.4GHz, 5GHz and a very sensitive 60GHz band frequency to deliver your regular WiFi fix plus multi-gigabit data rates for devices both internal and external, over what the companies are calling the “Dockingzone”, an external device that acts as an extension of your PC’s PCIe bus with all the perks of PCIe.

The crack team of former Intel employees at Wilocity developed the 60GHz wPCIe standard called WiGig a while back and this type of technology is already used by several vendors for streaming content over, say, wireless HDMI. Atheros will handle the implementation and hopefully the marketing as they have a strong foothold in the laptop business.

60GHz is a sensitive band to be playing on, and the final product is expected to deliver PCIe x1 equivalent bandwidth for peripherals, although in theory it could go twice as high, bridged by the wireless PCIe. Enough for most tasks, the companies pointed out – wireless vídeo, USB, SATA – but definitely a major plus if they can keep the power use in check and bung it in laptops.

Unfortunately neither company has set a date for this technology to reach the market, but the PCIe-superset nature of the wireless technology

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Is Apple ready to play with WiGig and Light Peak?

May 11

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We live for speed. We want faster, faster, faster. Whether its speeding between destinations or exercising our creative computing muscles, we want faster file transfers, faster synching, faster wireless.

One more thing, we’re really, really sick of cables.

Apple’s influence is felt in two emerging standards which together promise this faster world: Intel’s Light Peak and Wireless Gigabit (WiGig).

Fast and wired

Intel’s Light Peak could become King of the cables. A 10Gbps optical interconnect technology developed as a one-size-fits-all replacement for things like USB, DisplayPort  and HDMI, it’s expected to start marching to market in 2011. It should achieve 100Gbs in future.

Light Peak can run multiple protocols simultaneously over a single cable.

This means you can connect multiple, different devices with a single 2 metres HDMI cable, so drives, docks and displays, will cause less clutter in your digital den.

It is interesting that Apple was reportedly involved in development of Intel’s Light Peak.

The first public demonstration of the technology took place at the Intel Developer Forum in September, 2009, with Light Peak running on a modified Mac Pro. The video below shows the demo, in which a video card drove an HD monitor while a 2 GB file was copied across in just two seconds.

Fast wireless, too

The trouble with Light Peak is it uses cables. Folklore claims Apple CEO Steve Jobs hates cables (and buttons).

No surprise then that it was Apple which helped bring Wi-Fi to the mass market when it created all that buzz about the technology on the 1999 launch of the clamshell iBook, with that quaintly-named AirPort connectivity.

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CablesToGo Announces Their Wireless Digital Signage Solution

May 5

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CablesToGo has been keeping a lot of people connected to their digital content with a wide variety of gadgets and various types of adapters built especially for tech savvies out there. Now, they are announcing the availability of a new technology that is designed to synchronize multiple displays via wireless and/or cabled transmissions.

“The wireless distribution system is a great solution for adding digital signage into an existing building, particularly ones with concrete, brick or other solid walls that make running cable prohibitive,” said Gary Hess, vice president of innovation for Lastar, parent company of Cables To Go. “In addition, the wired mode is based on standard Ethernet allowing the system to utilize existing network cabling and equipment.”

This new tech is called the TruLink Wireless Digital Signage Distribution System (WDSDS) and it is supposed to make the lives of technicians easier whenever working on a building where a fully cabled video connection is difficult to establish. This solution from CablesToGo allows for a more flexible setup by mixing the cable and the wireless connections.

The WDSDS works via the wireless 802.11 a/g protocol and can transmit video and stereo audio signals onto as many as 32 screens situated at an optimal range of 100 feet. The system allows for additional antennas to be added in order for the signal to reach even further. Of course, you have to get your own receivers and transmitters separately, according to the system you want to build. These will come with a DVI-I connector included.

CablesToGo’s WDSDS is going to support plug and play installation, has a web interface and the Lip-Sync function in order to help synchronize a large number of displays. The maximum video resolution supported will be of 1,268 x 1,024 pixels and the maximum of monitors supported is of 1,000, over a 3,000 foot range.

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TruLink 1-Port 60 GHz Wireless HD Kit Will Transmit Full-HD Up to 33 Feet

Apr 16

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Let me tell you right from the start that this gadget from CablesToGo is only available for pre-ordering at the moment, and is expected to ship starting with June 1. This kit is essential to any entertainment center found in regular homes or offices. That is, if you do not wish to enable the HD signal on all of your HDMI devices with the help of unaesthetic and very expensive cables.

The kit consists of a 60 GHz Wireless HDMI transmitter and one 60 GHz Wireless HD receiver, which can send Full-HD, 1,080p high-definition within the standard 33-foot (ten-meter) radius. Unfortunately, the TruLink 1-Port 60 GHz Wireless HD Kit and the device you want to have HD signal on via wireless technology have to be in the same room. On top of that, the transmitter and the receiver have to be placed at the same level, as they only work within the line of sight, so there will be no cabinet storing for either one of them.

Apart from this, the plug-and-play CablesToGo solution for wireless HD will support even 7.1 surround sound transmitting and it will spread the high-definition signal at distances higher than ten meters if it works in optimal conditions. This makes it a very convenient component of an entertainment center, which usually consists of many HDMI-capable devices. The highest transfer rates that can be achieved by the TruLink Wireless HD Kit are of 4 GB/s.

It works with the HDMI 1.3 protocol and it has received FCC and CE approvals. It costs USD499 and two 1.2m HDMI 1.3 cables are included with the kit, one remote control for on/off control and a wall-mounting bracket. It seems like a good deal, if the space in which you need them meets the required functioning standards.

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Two New Wireless-N Adapters

Mar 2

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Every major technology company is now in Hannover flaunting their latest inventions to the world of tech-geeks. So, here is what Netgear has to offer to them, two new wireless products designed to make home entertainment a richer experience, these being compatible with everything from gaming consoles to set-top boxes.

The names of these two new products are quite obvious, for instance, the High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004) and the other product that Netgear trumpets in Hannover is called the Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter for Home Theater Systems and Gaming Consoles (WNCE2001)

“Our High-Performance HD Home Theater Kit provides wired-equivalent connectivity and whole-home coverage using wireless,” said Som Pal Choudhury, NETGEAR director of product marketing for Core Networking Products. “The technology is way ahead of the competition. With its groundbreaking speed, range and reliability, it is like WiFi on steroids.”
  We do know that besides the fast speeds of the new adapters from Netgear, they are also plug and play, which is really good news because being able to connect to a multitude of devices, there will be a similar quantity of cables missing from the room where you have your entertainment center installed. So, connect your Xbox 360, your PlayStation 3, Wii, Blu-ray Disc players, Internet-capable TV set, Apple TV to this 4 x 4 multi-input, multiple-out (MIMO) adapter and get 5 Ghz wireless speeds on the devices you wish.

The WNCE2001 doesn’t connect to an existing router; instead, it is more compact, being a USB-powered adapter. It is universally compatible with any Ethernet-enabled CE devices. It will be available in May at an MSRP of $79 USD and the WNHDB3004 will be available later.

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GefenTV Wireless Keeps All Your HDMI Sources Together

Jan 22

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I am sure you are all tired of wires and cables that ruin your Feng Shui home. You simply cannot have positive energy flow in your living quarters if you keep tripping on cables. This is why we need a wireless transmitter to send HDTV signal where we need it, whether it does it for the movie freaks or the addicted gamers.

Also, the good thing about this GefenTV Wireless transmitter is that it wirelessly sends the signal via a new 60Ghz technology, which we all know it doesn’t interfere with the positive energy flow created by your Feng Shui specialist. It provides full HD 1080p resolution at a distance of 30 feet maximum (that’s 10 meters in Europe).

Just in case you think you are seeing double again, this gadget looks like this because it consists of both a sender and a receiver that need to be paired in order for things to work, d’oh. It is plug and play, so don’t worry. You will not need the manual.

I was saying something about gamers at the beginning of this article and that is because of the DVI compatibility that will surely be appreciated by all those who have a PC monitor. Adding the fact that the transmission is not compressed at the standard 3 Ghz bandwidth, you get a total of pretty graphic compatibility with the more demanding games. Sound quality is provided by the HDMI 1.3 protocol.

As we have seen wireless displays at CES, this HD wireless transmitter from Gefen seems like a good investment. Not only for now, but for the future as well. Only the retros will still have cables in their homes while the rest will be able to enjoy the liberty wireless technology provides.

The GefenTV Wireless HDTV system costs $999.

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AirLive Intros the Traveler 3G Portable Wireless Router

Jan 20

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As more and more people adopt 3G mobile data transfer connections (the main reason being the fact that they provide very good transfer rates, combined with an increased level of mobility), the need for small, portable routers capable of transforming 3G networks into Wi-Fi ones becomes even more dire, especially for those spending a lot of time working on the go.

And that’s exactly the type of product we’ll talk about as follows, namely the AirLive Traveler 3G Portable Wireless Router, which allows users to share a 3G connection between various Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n-enabled devices, and can even double as a home router, when not used on the go.

According to AirLive, its Traveler 3G Portable Wireless Router has been specifically designed for mobile usage and for this reason, it features both an ultra-portable form factor and a built-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery, which offers users around two hours of functioning. Plus, it works right out of the box with the majority of 3G wireless modems available on the market.

Another feature we consider to be pretty useful is WAN failover, enabled by the switchable WAN/LAN port the device from AirLive comes equipped with. So, this single Ethernet interface can perform the role of WAN or LAN port. When users switch to LAN, the 3G communication will become the primary WAN connection, and when they switch to WAN, the Ethernet port will be the main WAN interface, and 3G will only play the role of backup WAN port. This can be extremely useful when one relies on a broadband Internet connection for daily activities, but wants to be able to access the Web all the time, even when the respective high-speed connection might be down.

The wireless router also delivers a good level of security, either via the WPS (WiFi protected Setup) button or, more importantly, the WEP, WPA, WPA2 available encryption algorithms. Plus, a built-in firewall protects connections to the router.

Pricing for the AirLive Traveler 3G Portable Wireless Router is quite interesting, since the device sells for somewhere in the vicinity of 109 Euro. Not too shabby, is it now?

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WiGig to introduce the new 60GHz specification

Dec 10

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wigigWiGig Alliance Announces Completion of its Multi‐Gigabit Wireless Specification

Four members join alliance, including leaders in PC display market, adding breadth to diverse, multi‐industry membership

Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig), the organization advancing the adoption and widespread use of 60 GHz wireless technology worldwide, today announced the completion of its unified wireless specification. The WiGig specification enables high performance wireless display and audio and provides data transfer rates more than 10 times faster than today’s wireless LANs, extending Wi‐Fi technology while supporting backward compatibility with existing Wi‐Fi devices. The completed specification is now ready for member review and is anticipated to be made available to WiGig adopter members in Q1 2010.

“When we launched the WiGig Alliance in May, we announced our plan to complete the industry’s first unified 60 GHz specification by Q4 2009, and we are proud to deliver on this promise to the industry,” said Dr. Ali Sadri, president and chairman of the Wireless Gigabit Alliance. “We’re rapidly paving the way for the introduction of the next generation of high‐performance wireless products – PCs, mobile handsets, TVs and displays, Blu‐ray disc players, digital cameras and many more.”

Specification Highlights

The WiGig version 1.0 specification includes the following key elements:

Supports data transmission rates up to 7 Gbps – more than ten times faster than the highest 802.11n rate
Supplements and extends the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) layer and is backward compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard
Physical layer enables both the low power and the high performance WiGig devices, guaranteeing interoperability and communication at gigabit rates
Protocol adaptation layers are being developed to support specific system interfaces including data buses for PC peripherals and display interfaces for HDTVs, monitors and projectors
Support for beamforming, enabling robust communication at distances beyond 10 meters
Widely used advanced security and power management for WiGig devices
“WiGig has reached a milestone with the completion of its specification as promised by year end, demonstrating the organization’s commitment to deliver,” said Craig Mathias, a Principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group. “By complementing Wi-Fi and enabling multi-gigabit speeds, the versatile specification is a very significant achievement on the road to the next generation of wireless LAN products.”

New Members Join WiGig Alliance

WiGig Alliance has experienced steady growth with four new members joining in Q4, with total membership approaching 30 industry‐leading companies. NVIDIA has joined the organization’s board of directors, and AMD, SK Telecom and TMC have joined as contributor members. Semiconductor industry pillars NVIDIA and AMD boost the organization’s support for PC wireless display applications. SK Telecom, the largest South Korean telecommunications company, and TMC, an independent testing and certification lab headquartered in China, add depth and bring additional expertise to the organization.

“NVIDIA recognizes the general market trend toward wire‐free interfaces. Today, display interfaces are at an inflection point where the next generation solutions will feature wireless display connections for PCs, game consoles, notebooks and mobile devices with PC monitors and TVs,” said Devang Sachdev, Technology Marketing Manager at NVIDIA and WiGig Board Member. “NVIDIA supports open standards for wireless transmission of data for display and interfaces such as PCIe, USB, etc., and we see this as aligned with WiGig’s work.”

“We are extremely proud that the extent of our membership includes world leaders from the consumer electronics, mobile and PC segments. This diversity of representation and participation is enabling WiGig to deliver innovative wireless solutions that will meet market demand in a timely manner,” said Sadri.

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Yamaha YSP-5100 Digital Sound Project

Dec 3

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Yamaha have been quietly plugging away at their soundbar technology for a while now, and their latest model looks to be the most alluring yet.  As ever, the concept is straightforward: why have a room stuffed full of speakers when a single row of them – together with some clever digital processing – can reproduce the same effect.  Targeted at TVs up to 50-inches (as well as projector setups), the Yamaha YSP-5100 packs 120W and five HDMI ports.

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There’s no shortage of sound format support, either, with the YSP-5100 content with dts-HD, dts ES and Dolby TruHD/Digital Plus/Digital/ Digital EX/Pro Logic and Pro LogicⅡ/x.  You’ll get pseudo-7.1 surround sound and there are apparently a total of 42 individual speakers hiding behind that grill (forty 2W speakers and two 20W speakers) plus a separate subwoofer output.

The YSP-5100 will also play nicely with your iPod, and if you have the Yamaha YIT-W10 wireless transmitter you can stream audio directly from the Apple PMP to the speakerbar.  It’s expected to land in Japan by the end of 2009, priced at the equivalent of $2,280.

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Wireless displays could be possible with Opta-electronics

Nov 25

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The opportunity to jab yourself in the eye with a tiny computer display is one step closer, thanks to the ongoing work with opto-electronic contact lenses taking place at the University of Washington in Seattle.  The lab there has been showing off the latest prototype, the handiwork of Dr. Babak Parviz: a semi-transparent array – including an LED – embedded into a contact lens that receives 330 microwatts of power wirelessly from a nearby RF transmitter.  Parviz has been using the prototypes to display biosensor feedback about the wearer’s vital signs, but they’ll eventually serve as a heads-up display for displaying other data.

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The wireless power is picked up by a loop antenna built into the lens, and future iterations of the hardware are expected to integrate the transmitter into a cellphone.  There’ll also be far many more LEDs involved, so that the resolution is high enough to be useful.

“Conventional contact lenses are polymers formed in specific shapes to correct faulty vision. To turn such a lens into a functional system, we integrate control circuits, communication circuits, and miniature antennas into the lens using custom-built optoelectronic components. Those components will eventually include hundreds of LEDs, which will form images in front of the eye, such as words, charts, and photographs. Much of the hardware is semitransparent so that wearers can navigate their surroundings without crashing into them or becoming disoriented” Dr Parviz, University of Washington in Seattle

Future plans see the opto-electronic lenses being used for more than just displaying data; they’ll also be able to monitor the eye’s surface chemistry, which would allow wearable computers to keep track on blood sugar levels in diabetics and other information.  Parviz’s eventual goal is the contact lens becoming a platform “like the iPhone is today”, with developers creating custom apps.  However it seems that’s a reasonably long way off into the distance.

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