Officially certified on January 8, 2024, Wi-Fi 7 is the friendly name for the 802.11be wireless standard. It’s the 7th generation of Wi-Fi, after Wi-Fi 6 with its 6E extension.
Broadcom has some news that might give folks who already bought a Wi-Fi 7 router a hint of FoMO. The company today announced its second-generation chipset solutions for the Wi-Fi 7 standard, including the BCM6765, the BCM47722, and the BCM4390. “Second-gen” because the chip maker shipped the first-gen more than …
Broadcom today announced its next step in Wi-Fi 7 optimization, the FBAR integrated front-end module (FiFEM) devices for all Wi-Fi access point (AP) applications. These new devices can be added to the company’s existing Wi-Fi 7 chips to better the performance of standalone access points, routers, or residential gateways. Front-end …
This is a quick take to address the requests (and questions) I’ve gotten since the review of the Archer BE800. Folks have been wondering why I didn’t evaluate the Archer BE900 instead. “It’s the king of Wi-Fi routers right now,” they say. Is it, though? TP-Link Archer BE900: The old-school …
At the retail price of $599.99, the TP-Link Archer BE800 BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router is not cheap. But it’s also far from a ripoff, considering it’s definitely better than the once-similarly-priced Archer AXE300. Among other things, the new router features Wi-Fi 7 and is the first to have six …
“Did somebody say Wi-Fi 7?” And with that, CommScope—the owner of the ARRIS and its Surfboard brands since late 2018—today announced the flagship SURFboard G54 DOCSIS 3.1 quad-band Wi-Fi 7 Cable Modem. The new device will likely be the most powerful of its type on the market when available for …
Answering TP-Link’s over-the-top November announcement on new Wi-Fi 7 hardware, ASUS today unveiled two new flagship routers: the GT-BE98 and the RT-BE96U. Both Wi-Fi machines share the same physical look and processing power but differ in colors, design details, network ports, and Wi-Fi specs. In any case, both are physically …
Since late 2021 and especially during 2022, Wi-Fi 7 has been the talk of the networking town. And while you likely won’t be able to experience it until late 2023 or even early 2024, you can get your home partially ready for it in a few short months. Indeed, determined …
When Wi-Fi 7 gets here, it’s going to be big. Qualcomm would like you to think so anyway. The company yesterday announced its second product line that supports the upcoming Wi-Fi standard, the Qualcomm Networking Pro Series Gen 3 family, aimed at the broadcasting side with an emphasis on the …
Wi-Fi 7 just got decidedly closer. Today Broadcom announced a collection of its new Wi-Fi chips supporting the standard—all five of them, including the BCM67263, BCM6726, BCM43740, BCM43720, and BCM4398. Don’t let the boring names fool you—that’s generally how Broadcom names its hardware components that power the Wi-Fi function inside …
