Wireless revolution. How far will it go?

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

Do you think that they will ever start making internal components of a computer wireless? Eliminate wiring (except power of course)? Or would this make it too hard to setup?

 

[ApacheChief]

It would be MUCH slower?

 

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

I'm not saying tomorrow, they eventually will be able to send information fast enough. I was just wondering if it would even be possible, like would a bios be able to run wireless?

 

[ApacheChief]

I really doubt it.

 

[TechnoPro]

Consider that the peak throughput of the PCI bus is 132 MB/s. 802.11G wireless pushes 54 Mb/s. That's bytes vs. bits, mind you... And PCI-X runs at 1,066 MB/s. So yes, speed would be KILLED. (Source)

Wireless prevails where people do not want to or cannot run cables. Inside a box is the perfect place to run cables.

Even if wireless and wired speeds were somehow equaled, consider the added cost of implementation, the possible security implications, compatability issues, and greater suscpetibility to interference.

 

[Painkiller]

You'll see optical connections before wireless.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Actually, I believe that Sun has been experimenting with wireless coupling between chips. It sounds a little crazy to me, but I think that they at least have a working experimental version.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl...mp;tid=137&tid=102
http://news.com.com/Sun+chips+...00-1006_3-5291289.html

 

[wuggle]

I dont think internal components will ever go wireless. There is no need for it, there is an added overhead, and there will be no added benefits. OTOH... optical motherboards are where its at.