Networking big guns line up for wireless chipset

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 23, 2003

Corega, D-Link Systems, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, I/O Data, Linksys, Netgear and SMC Networks are all developing 802.11g draft-compliant products using Intersil's second generation Prism GT chipset.

Corega, D-Link Systems, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, I/O Data, Linksys, Netgear and SMC Networks are all developing innovative new 802.11g draft-compliant products using Intersil's second generation Prism GT chipset with Prism Nitro technology.

The new advanced Prism GT chip set solution incorporates Intersil's SingleSource Driver Suite with Prism Nitro technology, integrates Intersil's new power management solution that far exceeds all 802.11g WLAN competitors in head-to-head comparative testing, and provides the industries most comprehensive security suite that will allow customers to seek Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) certification for all Prism GT-based products.

"Our customers are designing innovative new 802.11g products with Prism Nitro which delivers up to a 3x improvement in throughput for 802.11g clients operating in mixed-mode wireless networks and up to 50% greater throughput performance in 802.11g only networks", said Larry Ciaccia, Vice President and General Manager of Intersil's Wireless Networking Product Group.

Prism GT is offering our customers a reduced total bill of materials and industry leading features, and performance make it the ideal for their 802.11g solutions".

Prism Nitro technology uses packet bursting and enhanced protection mechanisms to significantly increase Prism GT's 802.11g-only and mixed-mode (802.11b and 802.11g) performance while remaining fully standards compliant.

Prism GT together with Prism Nitro technology delivers the full bandwidth of 54Mbit/s, with enhanced throughput for bandwidth intensive applications like video, yet ensures full backwards compatibility with 802.11b devices, and full interoperability with other 802.11g standards-compliant brands.

Intersil's Prism GT chip set is fully compliant with the 802.11g draft standard, which moved closer to final approval by the IEEE at the recent meeting held in Dallas, Texas.

Final approval is expected early this month.

Prism GT beats the competition with up to 75% better power consumption "Our new Prism GT power management technology achieved the lowest standby current, receive current and average idle current in direct testing against our competitor's 802.11g solutions", added Ciaccia.

"Prism GT's power save mode achieved both the lowest average idle and active currents beating the competition by up to 75% and Prism GT's receive mode current was also up to 35% lower than competitive solutions.

These factors enable Prism GT to consume significantly lower power than competitive solutions over a wide range of user activity".

This spells longer battery life for users of notebook PC's equipped with Prism GT.