From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   > On 24/01/2026 17:56, Rich wrote:   
   >> c186282  wrote:   
   >>>    Anyway, it IS interesting they can reach such   
   >>>    a high frequency - and with the unexpected   
   >>>    analog angle.   
   >>   
   >> That "analog angle" is not unexpected if one knows even a wee bit of RF   
   >> engineering.  For any radio system, once you get to the point of   
   >> modulating the actual carrier and the transmit/receive side of things,   
   >> it is all analog.   
   >>   
   > Well not necessarily. You can synthesise modulated  RF with enough   
   > square waves.   
   >   
   > Juts run it through a filter afterwards.   
      
   By the time you get to the point of mixing, and filtering, those square   
   waves, if you intend to drive an antenna (which for a 'new wifi' chip   
   you do need to eventually drive an antenna) you are back in the analog   
   domain (and squarely in the black magic of high frequency rf design).   
      
   >> That 'analog' is the result of marketing being dumb as a bag of rocks   
   >> and latching onto some word they thought looked "cool" but was really   
   >> just "yeah, that part has to be there".   
   >>   
   >> The only 'interesting' part about all of the marketing speak is the   
   >> 140Ghz, doing 140Ghz (if they really have done so) is impressive.   
   >>   
   > Yes. But optical lasers are a lot higher.   
      
   True, but for an item that is a 'radio' transmitter/receiver, 140Ghz is   
   quite impressive.   
      
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