At Computex 2017 our colleagues from the popular Taiwanese Internet resource DigiTimes managed to communicate with the leadership of the Canadian company Peraso Technologie. It is the developer of original solutions for the organization of wireless communication standard WiGig. Seven years ago the WiGig alliance merged with an organization that oversees the development of Wi-Fi standards and has since acquired backward compatibility with this wireless technology. The technology operates in the range of 60 GHz, which does not require licensing. The maximum transmission speed at a distance of up to 10 meters reaches 7 Gb / s. Similar or close to this speed are in demand in the light of interest in virtual reality headsets, because the helmet wires from the PC do not add realism during the games in VR.
According to representatives of Peraso Technologie, helmets VR with WiGig support for wireless connection will appear on the market at the end of the third quarter this year or at the beginning of the fourth quarter. It's about solutions, the developers of which are closely cooperating with Canadians. By the way, WiGig is in demand not only for VR, but also for gaming consoles, computers, laptops and set-top boxes. The development of Peraso will allow all the above mentioned communication support at speeds up to 2.5 Gbit / s.
Today, a set of chips for the organization of WiGig communication in gadgets costs $ 15-20. This inhibits the penetration of technology into smartphones. Broad support for WiGig will be possible if the cost of components for its implementation is reduced to $ 5-6. The Canadian company is also making efforts.
Finally, Peraso Technologies admitted that together with manufacturers of equipment for broadband backbone communications, they are developing platforms for organizing WiGig channels at distances over 2.5 km at 2.4 Gb / s in point-to-point mode and at 1 Gbit / S at a range of 1 km in the point-to-multipoint mode.