RE:Wifi Innovation Interesting link Leo. What struck me as relating to the insurmountable challenge of YFI is this part.
"Technically the new platform is a dual-band 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 4 device wrapped into a tiny package (3.3 x 3.58 x 0.55 mm) that delivers connectivity up to MCS3-level coding (about 60 Mbps at 40 MHz channels). Qualcomm points to game controllers, wireless door locks, ambient sensors, and patient monitors as obvious use cases although many more will emerge, Shishir Gupta says. A significant part of the new chip’s secret sauce is selectable power modes and innovative power management, he says.
The new chip is no doubt compelling technology but also leaves Qualcomm with the formidable challenge of getting it to market within a long-tail IoT ecosystem featuring hundreds if not thousands of device manufacturers."
For Qualcomm it is a "formidable challenge of getting it to market" for a company that already has sold over 7.5 Billion WiFi chipsets, and has been in business for almost 40 years, did over $36 Billion in revenue last year. They have 56 patents having just to do with "low power wifi, and all of them issued within the last 9 years.
Now compare that with Edgewater Wireless who's been in business for 12-13 years, close to zero revenue, and possibly a sample chip coming sometime this year. Edgewaters core patents are set to expire in a little over a year from now.
Just look how long it took for a huge company to get a chip ready for market, and with all their money they are still seeing a formidable challenge to break into the established market. AND Qualcomm also describes their chip as "the Qualcomm® QCC730, a disruptive micro-power Wi-Fi system."
So HOW is Edgewater ever going to pull this off? What many have said before this is that they will have to find a buyer for the tech. Can they sell expired patents? Do they have anything to sell? I don't know. They keep adding to existing patents so perhaps there's some wiggle room. But considering this admission from Qualcomm, it's a long shot regardless. IMO.
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