With the growth of usage of home gateways in homes for watching streaming media, usage of non-internet cable set-top box is drastically dropping to very low levels.
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Qualcomm has launched a family of Pro series Wi-Fi 7 chips for high-end access points, mesh devices, gateways and premium home routers. Chips are sampling now, with commercial availability expected in about a year
Broadcom is getting into the game with a new Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem. Qualcomm and MediaTek are also in the mix, and MaxLinear says it will participate in Wi-Fi 7 testbed activity this summer.
Sources say CommScope has halted a plan to develop a DOCSIS 4.0 chipset and architecture for network gear in partnership with MaxLinear and Xilinx. The decision could cede the network side of the D4.0 market to Broadcom.