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Is Intel gatekeeping WiFi 7? A very quick look at the Intel BE200. (youtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems that Intel is gatekeeping WiFi 7 and I analyzed the options that we currently have.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't know how the BE200 works

My guess after skimming this thread:

Bare bones radio interface with all the smarts being done by CPU extensions and coprocessors in your existing chipset. If you don't have the extensions/coprocessors, no deal.

Very similar to Intel's video decoding enhancements where they stack a bunch of special instructions and hardware in the CPU to take the load off software video decoding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Bare bones radio interface with all the smarts being done by CPU extensions and coprocessors

So if I understand this right, that means you already have wifi7 support, you just need to unlock it with the m.2 shaped key.