AMD entra nel mercato dei chip 802.11b
The Inquirer ha reso noto l'entrata di AMD, o meglio il suo ritorno, nel mercato delle periferiche di rete, infatti AMD produrà chip per periferiche Wireless, basate sul protocollo 802.11b.
SUNNYVALE, CA -- November 04, 2002 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced widespread availability for sampling of the AMD Alchemy™ Solutions Am1772™ Wireless LAN chipset and a mini-PCI card reference design kit (RDK). A revolutionary two-chip 802.11b wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) solution with next-generation architecture, the Am1772 chipset will provide customers the building blocks for an outstanding long-term wireless strategy. Customers who use the Am1772 chipset in their laptop computer, handheld computer or other portable computing device will be able to significantly lower their system cost, provide longer battery life, and lower host CPU utilization--the amount of CPU processing power needed to support WLAN connectivity. Widely available sampling of the Am1772 chipset and RDK is scheduled for this month and AMD plans production availability in Q1 2003
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