Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:35474 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752830Ab1AVChd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:37:33 -0500 Received: by qyj19 with SMTP id 19so1245651qyj.19 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:37:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1295654809-5790-1-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1295654809-5790-5-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:37:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 04/14] iwlagn: 2000 series devices support To: Daniel Halperin Cc: Wey-Yi Guy , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2011/1/22 Daniel Halperin : > 2011/1/21 G?bor Stefanik : >> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Wey-Yi Guy wrote: >>> From: Wey-Yi Guy >>> >>> Adding 2000 series devices supports, the 2000 series devices has >>> many different SKUs which includes 1x1 and 2x2 devices,also with >> >> Is it just me, or is Intel really abandoning 3-stream 802.11n technology? > > It's just you. ?They released the 6300 not that long ago! ?But think > about the market, how many 3-stream APs can you buy today? Well, there is the Airport Extreme, the D-Link DIR-665 (with a Marvell-chipped mini-PCI card inside), and also an offering from Senao. > Atheros > still doesn't even have a 3-stream NIC end users can buy (though some > companies are getting close!), but Intel's had one for nearly 3 years. > > There's a lot more room in the market at the low end, and that's where > it makes sense to put your efforts towards product diversity. > Manufacturers are looking for chips for printers, phones, netbooks, > tiny laptops, etc., why would they pay for the silicon for extra > processing and the design constraints(!) for extra antennas when it's > not going to get used? ?Heck, a lot of these APs (see, e.g., Apple's > airport express) only come with 100 Mbps wired ports! > > Dan > The problem is that what I currently see is that Intel is updating the basic 2x2 half-mini offering (true, they are also releasing Bluetooth combos and other new devices, but AFAIK one of the "g2" devices is exactly the same feature-wise as the Centrino 6200), while the 6300 has not received any update ("released not that long ago"? AFAIK it's been a year at least since it came out), and the 6350 was cancelled before release, leaving 5350 without a successor.