Intel may be abandoning some failed efforts at developing technology — including a 4 GHz Pentium 4 and silicon for large-screen, liquid crystal televisions — but the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant is going in the opposite direction on wireless. Today it announced it would throw its weight behind WiMax provider Clearwire. Intel said it will complement cooperation on the 802.16e WiMax effort, which relies on Clearwire’s NextNet broadband wireless technology, with US$150 million from Intel Capital.
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Intel Throws Weight Behind Clearwire WiMax
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 26, 2004 11:10 AMIntel may be abandoning some failed efforts at developing technology — including a 4 GHz Pentium 4 and silicon for large-screen, liquid crystal televisions — but the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant is going in the opposite direction on wireless. Today it announced it would throw its weight behind WiMax provider Clearwire. Intel said it will complement cooperation on the 802.16e WiMax effort, which relies on Clearwire’s NextNet broadband wireless technology, with US$150 million from Intel Capital.