Intel working on WiMAX standards

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Intel, in 2007, will work on making WiMAX a global standard and reducing cost of usage, declared Mr Sean Maloney, Intel's Chief of Sales and Marketing, speaking at MAIT's Wireless World 2007.

It will also continue to invest in processor technologies (65nm and 45nm chips as well as lower geometries) and capacity. Notebooks, gaming and connected home are the spotlights for the chipmaker this year.

The firm is now actively involved in clearing the fog surrounding spectrum standardisation for WiMAX. It launched a Wi-Fi and WiMAX chip late in 2006 - the Connection 2250. This chip will be able to take on any spectrum that is finalised.

The emergence of a new class of devices, such as ultra mobile PC, small PCs, low-cost PCs, health devices and entertainment or education specific devices, will drive mobile Internet.

Experimentation with these devices alongside notebooks and smartphones will drive its usage. There is a big opportunity in low-cost WiMAX equipment, too.

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