Wireless Standards Will Push 2 Million 60GHz Shipments In 2015
Even as Wireless HD standards prepare for an imminent war, chip makers are rejoicing at the sight of bullish trends coming up over the horizon. Wireless HD standards WiGig and WirelessHD use the unlicensed 60GHz band for setting up private networks within rooms in order to relay HD content to HDTV’s without wires. This has ensured that 60GHz wireless chips will stay in high demand in the near future.
According to marketing research company ABI Research, the demand for 60GHz chips will soon push up the number of shipments of 60GHz chipsets and by 2015 the total number of shipments will touch 2 million. Now that’s a lot of chip. Got dip?
Speaking for ABI Research, their analyst Xavier Ortiz opined that there are multiple properties of the 60GHz band that benefit security and ease of setting up a private network. Also, the fact that it is unlicensed also means that there are no charges involved for simply using it. But he also mentions that WirlessHD is at an disadvantage that neutralizes their first to market status. WirelessHD transceivers cost between $600-&1000 and they are also extremely efficient at power management. According to Xavier these things will impede fast adoption of WirelessHD and will stifle its market even though it has the support of 40 companies behind it.
In the meantime, WiGig is a new standard being developed by an alliance of 26 companies called Wireless Gigabit Alliance. Their primary aim is to enable WLAN devices to network at gigabit speeds to stream media content over the air. The range is again very short that will cover the length of a typical room.
Even though WiGig is under development at the moment, they are aiming at fast adoption by becoming a part of the Wi-Fi standard by including WiGig chipsets on WiFi devices.
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Date: April 11, 2010
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