Broadcom ships draft 802.11n chipsets

Pre-ratification headache


Broadcom has shipped its first consignments of its draft 802.11n chipsets to vendors. Called Intensi-fi wireless LAN technology, the silicon will be used in kit from Buffalo Technology, Netgear and US Robotics among others. The company claims real-world throughput of more than 180Mbps, though we look forward to getting our hands on some of the kit to see just how 'real-world' that actually is...