Toshiba To Wirelessly Network Home Electronics
Toshiba plans to release a 802.11a based chips for home electronics and PCs. 802.11a has the additional bandwith for multimedia applications. But most home networks today are based on the slow 802.11b standard. So if you want to use equipment with the Toshiba chips and you have a wireless networks already, you'll have to get a new access point. It might be smarter to offer dual-band chips that can work on existing 802.11b networks and support advanced capabilities of 802.11a as users upgrade.
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