The next-gen wireless networking technology has been utilized in a fair number of currently available mobile devices and routers, however. Those technologies help direct content toward the intended receiving device, making 5G chips more reliable than earlier-generation hardware and extending Wi-Fi range.įor the most part, 802.11ac chipsets have yet to find their way into mainstream laptops, though as The Next Web points out, a few companies like Asus have released 5G-enabled products. The next-generation Wi-Fi chips utilize transmit and receive beamforming, low-density parity check (LDPC) codes, and space-time block codes (STBC). Other 802.11ac chips in Broadcom's portfolio include the two-stream BCM4352 chip, which also supports PCI Express and can hit 867 Mbps, and a pair of parts built to USB specs, the two-stream BCM43526 (at 867 Mbps) and single-stream BCM43516 (433 Mbps).Īll of Broadcom's 5G chips have 80 MHz channel bandwidth, which is twice as wide as what you'll get with current 802.11n parts. It should be noted that throughput of 1.3 Gbps isn't always achievable, but at last year's CES, we saw a chip that consistently hit the 1 Gbps mark at the Broadcom booth. However, The Next Web report also states that the Broadcom chip Apple is planning to use "chip isn't currently available and is still in development," so while it might resemble the BCM4360 part pretty closely, we'd hardly be surprised if Cupertino has commissioned its own custom-built version. The BCM4360 supports PCI Express, a must for a laptop/desktop chip.
BCM4360 CHIPSET PRO
What's more, as the site reminds us, "Apple began including three send and receive antennas in its Thunderbolt-ready MacBook Pro and iMac computers" in 2011. That or a part very much like it may well be the chipset Apple is eyeing for the 2013 Mac lineup-The Next Web specifically references three-antenna configurations in its report.
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How fast is fast? Broadcom's BCM4360 chip implements three-stream 802.11ac specifications to reach speeds of up to 1.3 Gbps.
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BCM4360 CHIPSET INSTALL
I remember the date was Jan 9, 2018, and after update I found that Windows 10 is trying to install driver for my wireless LAN card using the Broadcom's BCM4360 chipset.
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I have TP-Link T9E, uses the same Broadcom BCM4360 chip, and it works on Windows 10. The power consumption savings conferred should be particularly useful in laptops like Apple's next-gen MacBook Pros, obviously. Asus must have done a bad job or something. Those Wi-Fi chipsets are three times as fast and up to six times more power efficient than equivalent 802.11n solutions. If you recall, Broadcom was touting its new 5G products a year ago at the Consumer Electronics Show.