Broadcom says its “ultra-low power” chip will consume just 270 mW of power in active mode. By contrast, ordinary 11g transceivers can consume between 700 and 1300 mW in active state. Their BCM4326 (b/g) and BCM4328 (b/g/a) chips are now sampling. Mobile phones could be enabled with the chipset, says Broadcom, although Bluetooth is still the power champ, using less than 20 mW of power.
BetaNews says Broadcom’s “54g” is something of a standard unto itself. Broadcom’s partners, including Cisco’s Linksys division and USRobotics are supporting the Broadcom “standard”. It features a sustained burst mode called “125 High Speed Mode” - close to 11n speeds. Broadcom’s proprietary “802.11n standard” is called Intensi-fi.
