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Intel's China wi-fi problem could be of its own


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OUTRAGE AT INTEL about a Chinese encryption ban being slapped on its products in June this year may well have its genesis in the firm's inability to properly integrate its Xircom acquisition several years ago.

Intel CEO Craig Barrett is currently in Asia and is visiting China to lobby for a break so it can continue shipping Centrino technology after the 1st of June next. But behind the scenes, it appears technical problems and an inability to pull different resources together could be at the root of the problem.

That's according to sources at Intel who tell the INQUIRER how the firm ended up not knowing what to do with an excellent set of wireless products it bought when it bought the company. The chip giant licensed Symbol technology for a considerable sum of money, and persuaded developers at Intel Haifa to work on silicon. It also bought in OFDM technology from the Israeli company Envara, which it recently bought.

Intel still has a problem matching its firmware with products, and we understand that this is one of the main reasons why the firm has lagged behind the other wi-fi players in the field for so long.

It's entirely possible that this firmware problem is also the reason why Intel was unable, in short order, to meet the Chinese encryption standard.

From what our sources tell us, while the PR facing side of Intel presents its Calexico wireless capabilities in Centrino as a huge plus, internally there are technical problems which make it far from easy for the firm to quickly turn anything round on the wireless front.

Buying Envara might seem like a quick and dirty answer to the problem, but it appears that there's still a fair way to go before all the ducks are quacking at the same pitch, never mind pointing in the same direction.

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