On Mar 11, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Peter wrote:

>> Huh.  So wireless ethernet is lower power than wired ethernet,
>>
>
> Avctually wireless chips consume more power than wired ones because
> they have to run much higher frequency synthesizers and their
> dividers, as well as cpus and processing arrays to match the speed.
>
It probably works out that wireless is lower power because the
chips are aimed at lower-power applications (laptops and smaller.)
Wired Ethernet controllers can be power pigs because there has
never been much demand for them not to be...

Sigh.
BillW
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