List of 802.11ac Hardware
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- It's basically super-802.11n at 5GHz with 80Mhz or 160Mhz wide channels.
List of 802.11ac Hardware
Access Points
Wireless Routers
Travel Routers
4G LTE Routers
Media Bridges, Wireless Bridges
Repeaters, Range Extenders
Gateways
Smart Home Hubs, IoT Hubs
Media Streamers
Media Players
Set Top Boxs
NAS
PowerLine
Wireless Embedded Boards
Wireless Systems
Wireless Adapters
Mobile general purpose computers (non-PC)
- Smartphones
- Tablet computers
- Laptops
Chipsets
Vendor | Part # | Interface | Streams | LDPC | TxBF | 256- QAM |
Notes | First seen (FCC) |
Adapters | Systems | PPage / PR |
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Broadcom | |||||||||||
Broadcom | BCM4335 | SDIO / PCIe / HSIC |
1 | Y | Y | Y | BT 4.0 + FM rec. | 2013-02-20 | 0 devices | 9 devices | PPage PR |
Broadcom | BCM4350 | SDIO / PCIe | 2 | Y | Y | Y | incl. BT 4.0 | 2015-08-25 | 4 devices | 1 devices | PR |
Broadcom | BCM4352 | PCIe 2.0 | 2 | Y | Y | Y | 2012-05-16 | 14 devices | 29 devices | PPage PR | |
Broadcom | BCM43516 | USB 2.0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 0 devices | 0 devices | PPage PR | ||
Broadcom | BCM43526 | USB 2.0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 2012-08-20 | 10 devices | 4 devices | PPage PR | |
Broadcom | BCM43556 | USB 3.0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 0 devices | 0 devices | PR | ||
Broadcom | BCM43558 | USB 3.0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | incl. BT 4.0 | 0 devices | 0 devices | PR | |
Broadcom | BCM43569 | USB 3.0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | int. BT 4.1 | 2015-01-22 | 3 devices | 4 devices | PR |
Broadcom | BCM4360 | PCIe 2.0 | 3 | Y | Y | Y | 2012-04-20 | 17 devices | 129 devices | PPage PR | |
Broadcom | BCM43602 | PCIe 2.0 | 3 | Y | Y | Y | pin w/ BCM4360, FullMAC |
2014-06-02 | 5 devices | 36 devices | PR |
Broadcom | BCM43460 | PCIe 2.0 (prob.) | 3 | Y | Y | Y | enterprise targeted |
2013-04-18 | 3 devices | 17 devices | PPage PR |
Intel | |||||||||||
Intel | 3160 series |
PCIe | 1 | ? | ? | Y | incl. BT 4.0 Wilkins Peak 1 |
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Intel | 7260 series |
PCIe | 2 | ? | ? | Y | incl. BT 4.0 Wilkins Peak 2 |
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Marvell | |||||||||||
Marvell | 88W8897 | SDIO / PCIe / USB 2.0 /. |
2 | Y | Y | Y | BT 4.0 + NFC | 2014-02-26 | 4 devices | 11 devices | PPage PR |
Marvell | 88W8864 | PCIe 2.0 | 3 | Y | Y | Y | 2013-08-15 | 0 devices | 6 devices | PPage PR, PBrief | |
MediaTek | |||||||||||
MediaTek | MT7610E | PCIe | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2013-03-05 | 1 devices | 51Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
MediaTek | MT7610U | USB 2.0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2013-02-19 | 31 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
MediaTek | MT7612E | PCIe 2.0 | 2 | Y | Y | Y | 2013-12-11 | 4 devices | 66Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
MediaTek | MT7612U | USB 3.0 | 2 | Y | Y | Y | 2014-06-25 | 9 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
MediaTek | MT6630 | dunno | 2 | ? | ? | ? | BT 4.1 + FM tr. w/ RDS/RBDS |
0 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
MediaTek | MT7650 | dunno | 1 | ? | Y | Y | 0 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | ||
Qualcomm Atheros | |||||||||||
Qualcomm Atheros |
WCN3680 | dunno | 1 | Y | Y | Y | incl. BT 4.0 + FM rec. |
2014-06-18 | 0 devices | 1Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9860 | PCIe | 3 | Y | ? | Y | incl. BT 4.0 | 0 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR | |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9862 | PCIe | 2 | Y | ? | Y | incl. BT4.0 | 2013-07-22 | 2 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9882 | PCIe 1.1 | 2 | Y | ? | Y | consumer targeted |
2013-05-10 | 10 devices | 54Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9892 | PCIe 1.1 | 2 | Y | ? | Y | enterprise targeted |
2015-05-21 | 5 devices | 2Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9880 | PCIe 1.1 | 3 | Y | ? | Y | consumer targeted support ath10k |
2013-03-29 | 25 devices | 95Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9890 | PCIe 1.1 | 3 | Y | ? | Y | enterprise targeted |
2013-08-29 | 0 devices | 12Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9980 | PCIe, prob. | 4 | Y | ? | Y | MU-MIMO, router + gateway targeted |
2015-04-10 | 6 devices | 23Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR SNB |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9982 | PCIe, prob. | 3 | Y | ? | Y | router + gateway targeted |
2015-11-12 | 1 devices | 4Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR SNB |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9990 | PCIe, prob. | 4 | Y | ? | Y | MU-MIMO, enterprise targeted |
2015-06-24 | 3 devices | 4Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR SNB |
Qualcomm Atheros |
QCA9992 | PCIe, prob. | 3 | Y | ? | Y | enterprise targeted |
2018-01-13 | 0 devices | 2Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PR SNB |
Quantenna | |||||||||||
Quantenna | QAC2300 | PCIe | 4 | Y | Y | Y | 0 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PBrief (archive) | ||
Quantenna | QSR1000 | dunno | 4 | ? | ? | ? | MU-MIMO | 0 devices | 1Empty strings are not accepted. devices | PPage . | |
Realtek | |||||||||||
Realtek | RTL8811AU | USB 2.0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 2013-04-30 | 33 devices | 1Empty strings are not accepted. devices | ||
Realtek | RTL8812AE | PCIe 1.1 | 2 | Y | Y | Y | 2013-01-04 | 15 devices | 2Empty strings are not accepted. devices | ||
Realtek | RTL8812AR | PCIe (assumed 1.1) |
2 | ? | ? | ? | 2012-11-29 | 1 devices | 47Empty strings are not accepted. devices | ||
Realtek | RTL8812AU | USB 3.0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 2012-12-19 | 59 devices | 0Empty strings are not accepted. devices | ||
Redpine Signals | |||||||||||
Redpine Signals |
RS9117 | SDIO | 1 | Y | ? | Y | PBrief | ||||
Redpine Signals |
RS9333 | PCIe/USB2.0 / SDIO 3.0 |
3 | Y | ? | Y | PBrief |
The previous (non-tabled) chipset section is accessible in this page's history.
802.11ac ready boards (addl. module required)
Device | Type | PHY modes | Manuf. | CPU1 | FLA1 | RAM1 | WI1 | WI2 | Switch | Ethernet | Expan. | USB | FCC date | Amazon |
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Compex WPJ344 (WPJ344HV) | wireless embedded board
general purpose |
abgn | Compex CoO: ![]() |
Atheros AR9344 @ 560 MHz 1 cores |
16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> | 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> | Atheros AR9344 2x2:2, abgn Ant. conn: U.FL |
1GbE 2 LAN |
Mini PCIe | 2013-01-01 (non-FCC, est. rel) |
Other
Misc. links
- 5th Generation WiFi: 802.11ac, "Gigabit" WiFi Primer - AnandTech
- NETGEAR and 802.11ac
- Belkin Announces Entry Into 802.11ac Wireless Networking Market
- ASUS first out the gate with 802.11ac laptop according to Broadcom - Engadget (G75VW)
- NETGEAR SHOWCASES INDUSTRY’S FIRST 802.11ac CABLE GATEWAY
- Meru Networks's 802.11ac overview page
See also
- List of 802.11ac Hardware
- List of 802.11ac Hardware/Access Points
- List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Routers
- List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Adapters
- List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Bridges
- List of 802.11ac Hardware/Mobile Computers
- List of 802.11ad Hardware
- List of 802.11ax Hardware
- List of 802.11be Hardware