In today's high-paced world things never seem to happen as fast as you want so Marvell developed a new 80.211n 4x4 single-die WiFi solution that should be able to enable your wireless devices to transfer data at speeds of up to 450 Mbps while also featuring an improved power consumption.

This will be possible thanks to the newly developed Marvell Avastar 88W8764 chip, that is destined to be used in a wide range of devices from enterprise access points and home routers to mobile servers and Set-Top-Boxes (STBs).

The Avastar chip, that supports four independent transmit-receive RF chains, uses three Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) streams to deliver transfer speeds of up to 450 Mbps, while the fourth transmit-receive chain is used in order to ensure robust delivery of high performance data rates.

"Wi-Fi has become the critical common link in today's mobile communications as users now expect and demand seamless, high-performance, robust and secure connectivity, zero latency and crystal clear communication between all their connected devices no matter where they go," said Weili Dai, Co-Founder of Marvell.

"Marvell has a proven track record as the world leader in Wi-Fi for enterprise, consumer and mobile applications delivering robust, high performance and high bandwidth, highly secure and seamless wireless connectivity.

I believe Marvell's groundbreaking 802.11n 4x4 Wi-Fi solution will fundamentally change the wireless landscape and truly enable the entire spectrum of always-on consumer products," Marvell's rep concluded.

Unfortunately, Marvell doesn't say anything about what partners will use this chip in their wireless solutions or when should we expect such devices to arrive, although I am sure that a wide range of manufacturers will use the Avastar processor in their solutions since Marvell is really well established in this market area.