Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is

Re:Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is by stephengillie on Friday September 14, 2012 @11:20PM (#4525150)

Do you always need maximum speed?

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Re:Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is by IsTom on Saturday September 15, 2012 @05:17AM (#4525748)

Always no, often yes. Just think about copying about anything from/to HDD. Now let it take ten times as long. Game installations, torrents, everything. Currently HDD is often a bottleneck.

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Re:Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is by stephengillie on Saturday September 15, 2012 @07:08AM (#4525877)

So we'll copy directly HDD to HDD?

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Re:Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is by IsTom on Saturday September 15, 2012 @07:38AM (#4525905)

Yeah, DMA makes it "not that bad" at first glance, but it's just a workaround (hdd to hdd) and you'll see that you need a workaround on workaround next to a workaround when you go that alley, instead of just getting just bandwidth.

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Re:Intel researchers put WiFi inside—the processor, that is by quaunaut on Saturday September 15, 2012 @01:21AM (#4525404)

In most regards, yes. Even at the best speeds possible, going over a wifi connection would be leagues slower.

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