Hi everyone! This is Lazina from Techventures, today I’m at Embedded World 2023 and I’m standing right outside the Silex booth, let’s go see what they’ve got going on!

Lazina (L): Hello Babar, how are you?

Babar (B): I’m good, how are you?

L: I’m good, why do you have a still picture here, and why is this one moving? Is this an interactive picture?

B: Yes, actually, we’re showing the benefits of 6 GHz for Wi-Fi. In this demo, what we’re showing they are basically streaming high-definition video across the network from an AP to a client. This side shows a picture that should be moving a little bit, but it’s kind of stuck because the 2.4 GHz frequency they are using is congested, and you’re seeing a lot of delays here. On the other hand, the 6 GHz, because it’s completely new spectrum if you will, think of it.

L: It hasn’t been infiltrated yet as you would say?

B: Sure, it’s like an empty highway that’s brand new, with wider lanes, no traffic. So, every benefit for Wi-Fi 6, it gets amplified if you’re using 6GHz. In this demo, you can see that video being played flawlessly and its pretty continuous with speed, throughput, and latency benefits.

L: What’s the difference between wi-fi 6E and wi-fi 6?

B: Wi-fi 6E is an extension of wi-fi 6

L: So, the highway just got bigger?

B: Wi-Fi 6E actually introduces the 6 GHz. So that’s a completely new spectrum that was introduced in the history of wi-fi. This is the first time that wi-fi has opened a brand-new spectrum for 6 GHz. So wi-fi 6 is still using 2.4 GHz and 5GHz, whereas wi-fi 6E, it’s 6GHz which is the first time anyone in the Wi-Fi history is using.

L: Is there a way to evaluate this? Do you have a development board?

B: Yeah sure, so this is our module based on

L: It’s pretty small!

B: It’s based on Qualcomm 2066 technology, you can evaluate with a number of platforms. In this demo, we are using NVidia jetson platform. Being an NVidia partner-

L: With TE antennas!

B: With TE antennas, so, demonstrating our ecosystem, also here, being partners with Nvidia and TE both using their components to demonstrate wi-fi 6E benefits. You can also use NXP based platforms. It’s up to the customer how they want to evaluate.

L: thank you so much!

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