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Intersil Quits ‘Overcrowded’ WiFi, Finds Sucker To Buy

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:44:00 +0000

The writing is on the wall for WiFi chip suppliers. The WLAN market may be about to boom, but the main beneficiaries of the boom look like being Cisco and Intel – so Intersil has sold off its Prism line of chips to someone who thinks they can out-think those two giants.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Intersil Claims First Dual-Band Chipset For 802.11 Trio

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:16:00 +0000

Intersil Corp. today laid claim to the first two-chip, dual-band wireless LAN chipset for 802.11a, b and g.
Via [reed-electronics.com]

Chipmaker Packs Wi-Fi Into Handhelds

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:29:00 +0000

Intersil is working to add wireless networking to handheld devices.
Via [news.com.com]

Industry First 802.11g Chip Set Announced

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:03:00 +0000

Intersil Corporation today announced the industry’s first chip set designed to support the IEEE 802.11g draft standard. The Intersil PRISM GT chip set, operating in the 2.4 Ghz band, will enable data transmission speeds of up to 54 Mbps with backwards compatibility to 802.11b infrastructures. This news comes roughly two and a half months after the IEEE 802.11g Task Group finally agreed on terms for the hotly debated wireless standard.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]