you will see it in standard x86/amd64 platform laptops fairly soon, here's an Intel network adapter card:
https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/tri-band-wireless-ac17265-brief.pdf On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Jay Weekley <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any consumer devices that have a 60 GHz adapter? > > Ken Hohhof wrote: > >> And 4K video takes what, something like 25 Mbps? So you can watch 200 of >> them at once! >> And notice it only has gigabit ports. Shouldn�t it have at least one >> SFP+ port for 10 gig wired? Maybe this is for the person who has their own >> media server in their house (but hates wires). It had better be in the >> same room with the router, since 60 GHz is not going to penetrate walls >> very wall. >> Perhaps people are going to have gaming and multimedia PCs that stream >> the raw video over the home wireless network to their tablet or some sort >> of thin client. Kind of along the lines of the wireless TV receivers you >> get with satellite and cable now, or an extension of the Chromecast concept. >> *From:* Bill Prince <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, January 08, 2016 1:19 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] TP-Link Talon AD7200 first AD router >> Very funny! >> >> Interesting statement: >> >> There�s quite a few technical reasons as to why the jump to >> 60GHz is a good thing, but the most important for the average >> consumer is speed. The 5GHz band maxes out at 1,733Mbps, but the >> new 60GHz band can achieve wireless transfer speeds of up to >> 4,600Mbps. So streaming 4K video without a network cable? Not a >> problem. >> >> Oh right. Like all of us have 4.6 Gbps to the home... or even 1.7 Gbps... >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 1/8/2016 10:12 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> Well, you gotta admit, it looks cool.� Price? >>> � >>> >>> http://gizmodo.com/the-first-802-11ad-router-makes-your-wi-fi-network-almo-1749163152 >>> >> >> >
