Date: 15/10/2009

Marvell supports new "Wi-Fi Direct" standard for 802.11 WLAN devices

Marvell has announced its support for "Wi-Fi Direct", a new Wi-Fi alliance standard that simplifies secure peer-to-peer communication between IEEE 802.11 enabled devices, and suitable for the applications such as cell phones, portable gaming devices, personal media players and other low power mobile devices.

"Marvell is very pleased that the industry has taken this step forward towards standardizing peer-to-peer connectivity between Wi-Fi enabled clients," noted Partho Mishra Vice

President and General Manager of Marvell's Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. "As the technology impacts all Wi-Fi enabled devices, we're excited at the broad impact and benefits it will have on consumers. Marvell looks forward to shaping how the next generation of wireless products communicates with one another, enabling a rich new set of applications for gaming, social networking and other use cases."

Wi-Fi Direct will enable devices to connect to one another directly in a secure and intuitive fashion.

Availability: Evaluation kits for Wi-Fi Direct available now

For more details visit www.marvell.com