The Wireless Gigabit Alliance, or WiGig, has completed a new specification that makes possible high-performance wireless display and audio with rates 10 times faster than current-generation wireless LANs. The new spec works to extend Wi-Fi technology and supports backward capability with existing Wi-Fi devices. WiGig members will have access to the spec to provide faster wireless in new products in the first quarter of 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 WiGig. “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.” Getting into the Consumer Ecosystem Craig Mathias, a principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group, said WiGig has reached a milestone by completing its specification as promised by year-end. “By complementing Wi-Fi and enabling multi-gigabit speeds, he said, “the versatile specification is a very significant achievement on the road to the next generation of wireless LAN products.” Michael Gartenberg, a vice president at Interpret, is also impressed with the new spec. When it comes to wireless, he said, faster is always better. But there remains an important question to be answered: How do you get consumers to keep upgrading their gear? “Consumers have to upgrade everything if they are going to get the total benefit. That means it’s not only my router, but it’s my routers and my computers and my phones and my media players and all the other gadgets that are out there,” Gartenberg said. “As the consumer ecosystem gets larger every year, it takes longer and longer for…

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