WiFi 7 Chip Vendors | Wi-Fi 7 SoC manufacturers
This page mentions WiFi 7 chip vendors or WiFi 7 SoC manufacturers. The popular vendors of Wi-Fi 7 chips are Broadcom, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Intel, NXP etc.
What is WiFi 7 ?
IEEE 802.11be is the 7th generation of wifi known as Wifi-7. It is successor to IEEE 802.11ax (WiFi 6/6E) standards. Currently WiFi-7 standard is under development and will be available by 2024. IEEE 802.11be task group (TG) takes care of standard finalization process. WiFi Alliance takes care of Wi-Fi 7 certification. 802.11be offers EHT (Extremely High Throughput), lower latency, better energy efficiency, efficient spectrum utilization and more robust wifi connections compare to its previous standards. It utilizes three frequency bands ( 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz) more efficiently using multi-link functionality. It is used in gaming, smart gadgets, AR/VR, HD devices, smart home, IoT, industrial, medical and healcare applications.

Following are the features of WiFi-7 (IEEE 802.11be) wireless LAN technology.
• Compatible and coexist with legacy 802.11 devices
• Supports 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands
• 802.11be Release-1 features : Multi-Link operation, Low complexity AP coordination (using coordinated OFDMA/spatial reuse), 320 MHz Bandwidth, 4K QAM, Multiple resource Units per STA
• 802.11be Release-2 features : MIMO enhancements (Up to 16 spatial streams), HARQ, Low latency operations, Advanced AP coordination (Joint transmissions/Coordinated beamforming)
• Supports Hybrid ARQ (HARQ) in 802.11be compare to ARQ in 802.11ax
WiFi 7 chip Vendors | WiFi 7 Chipset manufacturers
Following table mentions WiFi 7 chipset manufacturers or vendors with their features and part numbers.
WiFi 7 Chip Manufacturers | Description |
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Broadcom Inc. |
BCM4398 : This SoC is designed for mobile device applications,
Supports WiFi 7 (IEEE 802.11be), Bluetooth 5.2 and PCIe Gen3. WiFi 7 chips for Access Points (APs) developed by Broadcom include BCM67263/BCM6726 (4x4 Residential WiFi-7 AP chip) and BCM43720/BCM43740 (Enterprise AP chips). BCM43720 supports 2x2 where as BCM43740 supports 4x4 MIMO configurations. Visit Website broadcom.com for more information. |
MediaTek | Part number Filogic 880 is WiFi 7 AP (Access Point). Part number Filogic 380 is designed for smartphones, notebooks, TVs, STBs etc. Refer website Mediatek.com for more information. |
Qualcomm | FastConnect 7800 is advanced 14nm chip which supports WiFi and Bluetooth 5.3 with high speed and low latency.
WiFi standards supported by this chip are Wi-Fi 6E, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n, Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) and Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax).
Refer website qualcomm.com for more information. |
Intel | The company is developing Wi-Fi 7 chipset. Refer Wi-Fi-7 for more information. |
NXP | The company develops mobile WLAN FETC for 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz for different WiFi standards viz. WiFi 6, WiFi 6E, WiFi 7 etc. Refer nxp.com for more information. |
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