The new chip is all about connecting battery-powered IoT devices, which until now has largely been the domain of Bluetooth.
Qualcomm released a raft of products with a new ultra-low-power Wi-Fi SoC dubbed QCC730 topping the list. The new Wi-Fi SoC represents a new category of silicon platforms likely to compete fiercely with Bluetooth for top spot among battery-operated IoT devices and across a range market segments.
Shishir Gupta, Senior Director Product Management at Qualcomm, said, “With this chip we’re unlocking the true potential of battery-operated connectivity with Wi-Fi. We believe it will be disruptive because Wi-Fi inherently offers big benefits, such as direct to Cloud connectivity, no need for a hub, and better performance including for example lower latency. Our new platform will be a critical building block for creating a new generation of high-performance, battery-powered wireless IoT devices for gaming, healthcare, smart home, and industry.”
Technically the new platform is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 4 device wrapped into a tiny package (3.3 x 3.58 x 0.55 mm) that delivers connectivity up to MCS3-level coding (about 60 Mbps at 40 MHz channels).
