Wireless is hot these days because there's nothing better than wire-free comfort. But as most of you know, Wi-Fi connections come with a severe penalty regarding speed and latency. And although the 802.11n standard seems to solve some of these problems, it still hasn't been finalized yet.

But Broadcom Corp. have come up with a new wireless chip designed to unleash the power of the 802.11g standard. This new chip will allow for speeds up to 125Mbps/second, which is twice the current maximal theoretical limit. And while we know that theoretical specifications are always far from real life situations, this doesn't mean that we can't witness significant improvements with Broadcom's new solution. The new chip will be demonstrated in January at the CES show in Las Vegas.

Buffalo Technology is among the first to implement this new technology into one of its 4 port CATV/DSL routers. These devices will compete with the current king of 802.11g, the Super-G technology, which allows for 108Mbps.

Companies like Linksys (a Cisco division), Irvine and Belkin will use Broadcom's new chip in future devices. This piece of news should be reliable, since it comes from an official Buffalo spokesperson. Considering that the new technology is inter-operable, people who use any of the aforementioned companies' products should be able to take advantage of the new and improved speeds.

Although none of these manufacturers have commented about their position regarding the use of Broadcom chips, it's safe to assume that the spokesperson's claims are pretty clear and leave no room for interpretation. Improving on the 802.11g standard is the best choice a company could make, since this is the most widespread wireless standard and will remain so until the 802.11n version is finalized. It will be interesting to see if this solutions catch up in due time, especially considering that there's not that much left until 802.11n is here. The official timetable reports that 802.11n is due March 2009.

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