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Meeting with Wilocity today has been very interesting. &nbsp;Wilocity will be the first company to market with WiGig technology - a 60 GHz band wireless system. &nbsp;Designed as a direct southbridge connection, the system uses PCIe lanes to provide necessary wireless bandwith, and I am told costs around the same ballpark as a normal WiFi 802.11n mini-PCIe wireless solution. &nbsp;With it being compatible with mini-PCIe, Wilocity's Wil6100 chipset is capable of 4.5 Gbps peak wireless throughput (2.5 Gbps bidirectional).</p>
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On display were a variety of WiGig usage scenarios. &nbsp;Wilocity will be advertising a connectivity box (or 'docking zone') to ODMs which essentially transmits that PCIe functionality into a set of new connectors. &nbsp;This means that the laptop/WiGig connects to the box wirelessly, and the box adds functionality to the mobile device. &nbsp;On the boxes on show we had access to USB 3.0, HDMI, additional ethernet, DisplayPort - basically anything that can be branched off a normal PC chipset.</p>
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One scenario shows the WiGig technology used to drive two additional displays over the air. &nbsp;The signal goes to the connectivity box, to which both monitors are connected. &nbsp;The monitors were used to show 1080p video across multiple screens - the laptop screen which is consumed locally, and then one of the screens connected wirelessly, to show no lag between the two.</p>
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Another usage scenario was bidirectional capability. &nbsp;Here we have a 720p camera going from the Docking Zone box to the laptop, and a 1080p video going from the laptop to the Docking Zone box and then on to the monitor.</p>
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Finally, it's worth noting wireless storage. &nbsp;With the first generation of these devices using PCIe 1.1 for 2.5 Gbps in one direction, we finally have a valid usage scenario for wireless backup storage - either personal hard drives or home backup systems. &nbsp;Imagine going on business and having a hard drive in your back that connects wirelessly to your laptop at a faster rate than the hard drive in the laptop. &nbsp;Wilocity showed us an example device for this:</p>
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Wilocity are currently talking to distributors (think anyone who might use a WiFi add-in card - laptop manufacturers et al.) while their technology is in development. &nbsp;Judging by what I have seen, I could easily find functionality for WiGig in my home. &nbsp;In terms of range, Wilocity tell me that fundamentally WiGig isn't too fond of walls - so while home spaces should be ok, office spaces may have to be segregated/daisy chained as required.</p>
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Source: AnandTech
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