Say Goodbye To Wires On Consumer Electronics Gear

What can you do with a lot of wireless capacity over a short range? Get rid of a bunch of cables. WiQuest has launched a new chipset (called the WQST100/101) that implements its WiDV wireless video technology for transferring high-definition video from one device to another in the same room. Matthew Shoemake, CEO of WiQuest in Allen, Texas, says that the company’s use of a WiMedia UWB layer lets the chip transfer data at a rate of 1Gbps via a wireless connection for a few meters.

That’s fast enough to replace high-speed video cables between devices such as HDTVs and video game consoles, and it’s also fast enough to replace USB cables between computers and several accessories. According to Shoemake, the WQST100/101 chips are available in moderate quantities for about $30 each.