Intel jumps on 802.11n bandwagon with Centrino

On Tuesday, at the IEEE Globecom 2006 Expo in San Francisco, Intel announced that the company is planning to put a pre-standard version of 802.11n wireless networking into the next release of the Centrino chipset. Alan Crouch, director and general manager at Intel's Communications Technology Lab, told the crowd of engineers and technologists that the new WiFi technology was slated for inclusion in the Centrino chips as early as next year.