Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 12 submissions in the queue.

Submission Preview

Link to Story

Intel Announces Development of 5G Modems (Due in 2019)

Accepted submission by takyon at 2017-11-25 13:46:20
Hardware

+mobile

Intel Announces XMM 8060 5G & XMM 7660 Category 19 LTE Modems, Both Due in 2019 [anandtech.com]

Intel last week announced that its first commercial 5G modem, the XMM 8060, is now under development and will ship in a couple of years. As part of the announcement, the company reiterated its plans to offer a top-to-bottom XMM 8000 family of 5G modems for various applications, including smartphones, PCs, buildings and vehicles. In addition, the company announced its XMM 7660 Cat-19 LTE modem that supports download speeds of up to 1.6 Gbps, which will be available in 2019.

At present, Intel's 5G Mobile Trial Platform [intel.com] is used to test 5G technologies in different locations around the world. For example, one of such devices installed [intel.com] aboard the Tallink Silja Europa cruise ship is used to enable Internet connectivity to passengers while in port in Tallinn, Estonia, (where another 5G MTP is installed) and the nearby area. Meanwhile, Intel's 5G Modem [intel.com] for client applications is evolving as well. Intel said that devices powered by the silicon can now make calls over the 28 GHz band. The 5G MTP will be used for its purposes for a while and will even gain new capabilities [intel.com] over time, but the company is working on a family of commercial modems that will be used for mass applications sometimes in 2019 and onwards. The Intel XMM 8000-series multi-mode modems will operate in both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave global spectrum bands, combining support for existing and next-gen radios. Intel does detail the whole lineup two years before the launch but indicates that it will be able to address smartphones, PCs, vehicles, and fixed wireless consumer premise equipment (CPE).

Previously: ITU Defines "5G" as up to 20 Gbps, 2018 Olympics Demo Planned [soylentnews.org]
5G Gets a Shot in the Arm From the FCC [soylentnews.org]
3GPP Sets 2018 as Freeze Date for 5G Air Interfaces [soylentnews.org]
5G Draft Technical Requirements Announced [soylentnews.org]


Original Submission