Texas Instruments introduced a new low power, compact 802.11a/b/g solution designed for mobile, battery powered devices such as cell phones and PDAs. The new device is a single-chip media access controller (MAC) and baseband processor built in a 12mm x 12mm package. The chip is already designed into several cell phones and PDAs, including Motorola’s Wi-Fi/cellular dual-system phone. Sampling has been underway since June.
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TI Announces 802.11a/b/g Chip for Cell Phones and PDAs
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