Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
December 11, 2012 08:30 pm EST

Broadcom intros quad-combo, fast single-card wireless chipsets that put NFC at center stage

Broadcom chip shot

Broadcom wants NFC to flow like water, to the point where we can pair speakers and share content between phones like it's no big deal. Accordingly, it's launching two wireless chipsets that should sate both the mobile masses as well as performance lovers. The BCM43341 is reportedly the first to put official NFC support side-by-side with 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and FM radio in a single chip, taking a long stride towards smaller, cheaper phones with NFC tucked inside. We'll admit that we're drawn more to the speed demon of the pair, the BCM20793: the single-card design combines NFC with a 433Mbps implementation of 802.11n WiFi, raising the prospect of some very fast device-to-device Miracast and WiFi Direct connections in more advanced phones and tablets. Both parts should go into full production in the first quarter of 2013, which gives us enough time to prepare for Broadcom's vision of a tap-to-send future.

Continue reading Broadcom intros quad-combo, fast single-card wireless chipsets that put NFC at center stage

Filed under: , , ,

Comments

Source: Broadcom


Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/11/broadcom-intros-quad-combo-fast-single-card-wireless-chipsets-with-nfc/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Engadget

Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget was launched in March of 2004 in partnership with the Weblogs, Inc. Network (WI

More About this Source Visit Engadget