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    Wi-Fi 7 is coming: Meet the smarter, faster Internet of the future

    Apr 05, 2022 4 minutes
    BY MARK HACHMAN

    Move over, Wi-Fi 6E! Chip vendors like Qualcomm are making plans for Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of Wi-Fi technology. Qualcomm said at Mobile World Congress 2022 that it plans to launch the world’s first Wi-Fi 7 chip, the FastConnect 7800, as part of its new premium Snapdragon Connect specification by the end of 2022.

    The Wi-Fi 7 specification, also known as 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (or just 802.11be), isn’t even close to being completed — the  on the current status of 802.11be calls for the standard’s ratification sometime in 2024. But as with previous Wi-Fi standards, that isn’t stopping vendors from developing silicon based upon draft releases, tweaking them via firmware

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