Talk:List of Wi-Fi Chipset Vendors

Ubicom

Afaik Ubicom is not a Wi-Fi chipset vendor: none of its processors has internal Wi-Fi MAC/BB/RF capability. The Intersil + Ubicom router demo [1] has a regular Ubicom processor, but all the Wi-Fi processing is done by Intersil PRISM chipset.

I'm removing Ubicom from this list, it belongs to the regular chipset category, not the Wi-Fi chipset category. X64 (talk) 19:13, 3 October 2014 (EDT)

Experiments

Wi-Fi Chipset Vendors table

Name	First Release Date	Active	a	b	g	n	ac	ad
Atmel 1984: Founded 1999: First Wi-Fi chip (AT76C501 802.11b MAC) 2012: Acquired Ozmo Devices (WiSoC's) 2014: Acquired Newport Media (WiSoC's)	1999	yes	a	b	g	n	-	-	-
Ozmo Devices 2004: Founded 2009: First Wi-Fi chipset (OZMO1000) 2012: Acquired by Atmel	2009	no	a	b	g	-	-	-	-
Newport Media 2005: Founded 2012: First Wi-Fi chip (NMC1000 802.11bgn) 2014: Acquired by Atmel	2012	no	-	b	g	n	-	-	-
Blu Wireless - bluwirelesstechnology.com 2009: Founded 2015: Demonstrated 802.11ad 60GHz chipset	2015	yes	-	-	-	-	-	ad	-
Broadcom 2000: Founded 2002: First Wi-Fi chip (BCM4301 802.11b)	2002	yes	a	b	g	n	ac	-	-
MediaTek 1997: Founded (UMC) 2005: Acquired Inprocomm (Wi-Fi chipsets) 2011: Acquired Ralink (WiSoC's 802.11abgn)	2005	yes	a	b	g	n	ac	-	-
Ralink 2001: Founded 2004: First Wi-Fi chipset (RT2400 802.11b) 2011: Acquired by MediaTek	2004	no	a	b	g	n	-	-	-
Inprocomm 2002: Founded 2003: First Wi-Fi chip (IPN2101 802.11b) 2005: Acquired by MediaTek	2003	no	a	b	g	-	-	-	-
Beam Networks - beamnetworks.com 2006: Founded worked on 802.11ad, no product released 2012: Defunct		no	-	-	-	-	-	ad	-

Notes:

• First Release Date: Date when first WiFi chipset was released, or Date of first acquisition another WiFi chipset vendor

See also:

• List of Wi-Fi Chipset Vendors/Wi-Fi Chipset Vendors table ?? ;)