List of 802.11ac Hardware

For an automatically updated (and more up to date) list of devices currently in WikiDevi
supporting 802.11ac, see the automatically updated tables on this page.

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See 802.11ac on Wikipedia for considerably more information on the standard.

It's basically super-802.11n at 5GHz with 80Mhz or 160Mhz wide channels.

List of 802.11ac Hardware

Access Points

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Access Points

Wireless Routers

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Routers

Travel Routers

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Travel Routers

4G LTE Routers

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/4G LTE Routers

Media Bridges, Wireless Bridges

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Bridges

Repeaters, Range Extenders

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Range Extenders

Gateways

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Gateways

Smart Home Hubs, IoT Hubs

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Smart Hubs

Media Streamers

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Media Streamers

Media Players

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Media Players

Set Top Boxs

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Set Top Boxs

NAS

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/NAS

PowerLine

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/PowerLine

Single-board computers

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Single-board computers

Wireless Embedded Boards

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Embedded Boards

Wireless Systems

• List of Wireless Systems

Wireless Adapters

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Wireless Adapters

Mobile general purpose computers (non-PC)

• List of 802.11ac Hardware/Mobile Computers

Smartphones

Tablet computers

Laptops

Chipsets

Vendor	Part #	Interface	Streams	LDPC	TxBF	256- QAM	Notes	First seen (FCC)	Adapters	Systems	PPage / PR
Broadcom
Broadcom	BCM4335	SDIO / PCIe / HSIC	1	Y	Y	Y	BT 4.0 + FM rec.	2013-02-20	0 devices	11 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	32 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	133 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM43602	PCIe 2.0	3	Y	Y	Y	pin w/ BCM4360, FullMAC	2014-06-02	5 devices	38 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
Intel	7260 series	PCIe	2	?	?	Y	incl. BT 4.0 Wilkins Peak 2
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	7 devices	PPage PR, PBrief
MediaTek
MediaTek	MT7610E	PCIe	1	?	?	?		2013-03-05	1 devices	66 devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7610U	USB 2.0	1	?	?	?		2013-02-19	31 devices	0 devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7612E	PCIe 2.0	2	Y	Y	Y		2013-12-11	4 devices	102 devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7612U	USB 3.0	2	Y	Y	Y		2014-06-25	9 devices	0 devices	PR
MediaTek	MT6630	dunno	2	?	?	?	BT 4.1 + FM tr. w/ RDS/RBDS		0 devices	0 devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7650	dunno	1	?	Y	Y			0 devices	0 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros
Qualcomm Atheros	WCN3680	dunno	1	Y	Y	Y	incl. BT 4.0 + FM rec.	2013-06-25	0 devices	2 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9860	PCIe	3	Y	?	Y	incl. BT 4.0		0 devices	0 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9862	PCIe	2	Y	?	Y	incl. BT4.0	2013-07-22	2 devices	0 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9882	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	?	Y	consumer targeted	2013-05-10	10 devices	80 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9892	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2015-05-21	6 devices	3 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9880	PCIe 1.1	3	Y	?	Y	consumer targeted support ath10k	2013-03-29	25 devices	145 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9890	PCIe 1.1	3	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2013-08-29	11 devices	13 devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9980	PCIe, prob.	4	Y	?	Y	MU-MIMO, router + gateway targeted	2015-04-10	6 devices	25 devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9982	PCIe, prob.	3	Y	?	Y	router + gateway targeted	2015-11-12	1 devices	7 devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9990	PCIe, prob.	4	Y	?	Y	MU-MIMO, enterprise targeted	2015-06-24	3 devices	5 devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9992	PCIe, prob.	3	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2018-01-13	0 devices	3 devices	PR SNB
Quantenna
Quantenna	QAC2300	PCIe	4	Y	Y	Y			0 devices	0 devices	PBrief (archive)
Quantenna	QSR1000	dunno	4	?	?	?	MU-MIMO		0 devices	1 devices	PPage .
Realtek
Realtek	RTL8811AU	USB 2.0	1	?	?	?		2013-04-30	33 devices	1 devices
Realtek	RTL8812AE	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	Y	Y		2013-01-04	15 devices	2 devices
Realtek	RTL8812AR	PCIe (assumed 1.1)	2	?	?	?		2012-11-29	1 devices	48 devices
Realtek	RTL8812AU	USB 3.0	2	?	?	?		2012-12-19	60 devices	0 devices
Redpine Signals
Redpine Signals	RS9117	SDIO	1	Y	?	Y					PBrief
Redpine Signals	RS9333	PCIe/USB2.0 / SDIO 3.0	3	Y	?	Y					PBrief

Other

	Global type	Chip1 brand	Chip1 model	PHY modes	MIMO	FCC date
Apple iMac (Late 2013, ME086LL/A, A1418)	unstructured data, All-in-One PC			abgn+ac		2013-02-08
HP TPC-Q013	unstructured data, All-in-One PC			abgn+ac		2013-06-14

Misc. links

• 5th Generation WiFi: 802.11ac, "Gigabit" WiFi Primer - AnandTech
• ASUS first out the gate with 802.11ac laptop according to Broadcom - Engadget (G75VW)
• Belkin Announces Entry Into 802.11ac Wireless Networking Market
• Netgear Showcases Industry’s First 802.11ac Cable Gateway
• Meru Networks's 802.11ac overview page
• Netgear and 802.11ac

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

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