Broadcom Corp. is planning to release this week its AirForce OneChip, the first single-chip Wi-Fi product, accordingly to a news report. It integrates a 2.4GHz 802.11b radio, power amplifier, base-band processor and media access controller on the same chip.

The AirForce OneChip consumes an average of 70 percent less power than Intel Corp.'s Centrino chip set in transmit mode, 80 percent less in receive mode and 97 percent less in standby mode, according to Broadcom officials.

The chip, a size of a dime, also requires 85 percent fewer WLAN (wireless LAN) module components than previous Broadcom chip sets, which should reduce costs for device manufacturers.

Atheros Communications Inc., on the other hand, has plans for a similar offering first half of 2004.

By: DocMemory
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