Intel Drops Wireless LAN Support by Chipsets

Dom · Sep 30, 2004, 03:19 PM

Intel Corp., the world’s largest maker of silicon chips for computers, has decided to abandon the plan to incorporate wireless LAN functionality into its i915- and i925X-series desktop chipsets. The move was said to be conditioned by low demand from OEMs for the technology.

“Based on customer feedback and strong growth in external wireless access point deployments, we no longer plan to bring integrated wireless access points to our i925X/i915 platforms at this time,” the company’s spokesman Radoslaw Ceplin told X-bit labs on Monday.

In late 2003 Intel Corp. promised to bring wireless local area networks controller’s logic into its chipsets code-named Grantsdale and Alderwood. A mainly advertised feature of this Wi-Fi technology was a potentially free Access Point that allowed a PC based on i915- or i925X-series chipsets to serve as a hub for Internet access to other computers equipped with WLAN cards.

“Intel is pleased to see that wireless usage continues to grow in the home and office due to the wide availability of third party wireless solutions. For example, many Internet service providers offer free access point routers as part of their packages,” it was added.

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pr0digal jenius · Sep 30, 2004, 04:20 PM

they are gunna leave that in the centrino chipsets tho for laptops, i hope

nForcer · Sep 30, 2004, 04:50 PM

My Asus has onboard WiFi...but I don't use it.
Why when you have dual onboard gigabit? (wish they used Intel chips for that)
And I don't even use the onboard gigs. I use a much better Intel 1000XT Server adapter. Really push the limits of the 32-bit PCI bus.

Wish I could get ahold of a PCI-E x4 network controller...then I'll save a slot next to my video card. Got a bad feeling the slot under the video card might need to be free when I get my 6600GT and overclock it!

Sep 30, 2004, 03:19 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Intel Drops Wireless LAN Support by Chipsets Intel Corp., the world’s largest maker of silicon chips for computers, has decided to abandon the plan to incorporate wireless LAN functionality into its i915- and i925X-series desktop chipsets. The move was said to be conditioned by low demand from OEMs for the technology. “Based on customer feedback and strong growth in external wireless access point deployments, we no longer plan to bring integrated wireless access points to our i925X/i915 platforms at this time,” the company’s spokesman Radoslaw Ceplin told X-bit labs on Monday. In late 2003 Intel Corp. promised to bring wireless local area networks controller’s logic into its chipsets code-named Grantsdale and Alderwood. A mainly advertised feature of this Wi-Fi technology was a potentially free Access Point that allowed a PC based on i915- or i925X-series chipsets to serve as a hub for Internet access to other computers equipped with WLAN cards. “Intel is pleased to see that wireless usage continues to grow in the home and office due to the wide availability of third party wireless solutions. For example, many Internet service providers offer free access point routers as part of their packages,” it was added. [Read More] ______________________ Source: X-BitLabs

Sep 30, 2004, 04:20 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	they are gunna leave that in the centrino chipsets tho for laptops, i hope

Sep 30, 2004, 04:50 PM	#3
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	My Asus has onboard WiFi...but I don't use it. Why when you have dual onboard gigabit? (wish they used Intel chips for that) And I don't even use the onboard gigs. I use a much better Intel 1000XT Server adapter. Really push the limits of the 32-bit PCI bus. Wish I could get ahold of a PCI-E x4 network controller...then I'll save a slot next to my video card. Got a bad feeling the slot under the video card might need to be free when I get my 6600GT and overclock it!