Wi-Fi technology certainly benefited from the fact that the Wi-Fi Alliance last year decided to change the traditional names of 802.11xx standards to simple and understandable generation numbers - 4, 5, 6, and so on. If only because the topic of Wi-Fi, which has been sluggish for many years, suddenly rose to the top in popularity: news, reviews, opinions can be found everywhere, including .
Meanwhile, even though has not yet been officially adopted, it is already beginning to be embodied in hardware - such as on KDPV, for example, with the Intel logo.
The Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 adapter (project code name Cyclone Peak) is released in a short M.2 card form factor and is designed for portable computers (supported operating systems: Windows 10, 64-bit, Google Chrome OS, Linux). The maximum theoretical data rate is 2.4 Gb/s.
The main technical characteristics are given in the table.
The weight
2.33 g
Antenna
2 × 2
TX/RX streams
2 × 2
Frequency bands
2.4 GHz, 5 GHz (160 MHz band)
full speed
2.4 Gb / s
Wi-Fi standard
802.11ax
Compatibility
FIPS, FISMA
Bluetooth version
5
Built-in bluetooth
Yes
Form factor
M.2 2230, M.2 1216
dimensions
22 x 30 x 2.4 mm, 12 x 16 x 1.65 mm
Interface type
M.2: PCle, USB
MU-MIMO support
Yes
Supported by Intel vPro Technology
Yes
The Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 adapter will be available this quarter for $10-17.
Source: habr.com