WiGig

Published 2014-04

Products and services using WiGig are generally available around 2022

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). Not in the audit sample (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

TP-Link's Talon AD7200 802.11ad router went on sale in US stores in early 2016, with WiGig laptop docks also sold. Availability came early; the market later faded, which does not change a threshold claim.

Test: D37 Horizons: WiGig products buyable by ordinary consumers by 2024 (earlier counts).

TP-Link Unveils World's First 802.11ad Router (2016-01-06): Talon AD7200 with 60 GHz 802.11ad announced CES 2016 and sold in US stores in early 2016.

Grader B: hit

802.11ad routers (TP-Link Talon AD7200, Netgear Nighthawk X10) and docks/laptops (Dell, 2015) were sold at retail from 2016, though the category stayed small.

Test: Consumers could buy WiGig devices by 2024 (earlier counts).

WiGig (2016): Commercial 802.11ad routers and devices on sale.

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-081
category: Digital and communication technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2022
placed year: 2022
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2016,"mainstream":2021,"financially_viable":2022}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2021.3, between the 2021 and 2022 lines, nearer 2021 (read as 2021). Bar from 2015.7 to 2022.0: scientifically viable ~2016, financially viable ~2022. Sub-area: Networking.