More than 294 million CE devices with Wi-Fi shipped in 2007 and projections from In-Stat and the Wi-Fi Alliance suggest that growth will continue at a CAGR of 26%, resulting in shipments of nearly 1 billion Wi-Fi enabled CE devices in 2012. Requirements for connectivity have extended to media players, gaming platforms, digital cameras, remote controls, headsets, and computer peripherals.
With a limited power budget and small form factor, these devices benefit from the low power and high integration of the G2 technology. G2 Wi-Fi SoCs have been designed from inception to maximize battery life and achieve ultra low-power consumption with a combination of proprietary technologies. G2's new Wi-Fi module is a complete, self-contained Wi-Fi networking solution, allowing it to connect directly to any microcontroller and offload all TCP/IP and networking management tasks. Even the simplest, most power-constrained device can now easily be Internet-enabled.