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Gi-Fi or wireless gigabit refers to wireless communication at a data rate of more than one billion gigabit bits per second. In 2004, some newspaper companies used the term "Gi-Fi" to refer to the faster versions of the IEEE 802.11 standards marketed under the Wi-Fi brand. In 2008, researchers at the University of Melbourne demonstrated a transceiver integrated into a single integrated circuit (chip) operating at 60 GHz in the CMOS process. It will allow the wireless transfer of audio and video data to a maximum of 5 gigabits per second, ten times the current maximum wireless transfer rate, at one tenth of the cost. The researchers chose the 57-64 GHz unlicensed frequency band as the millimeter wave range of the spectrum allowed the integration of high-chip components as well as the integration of very small high-gain arrays. The available 7 GHz spectrum results in very high data rates, up to 5 gigabits per second to users within an indoor environment, typically within a range of 10 meters. Some press reports called this "GiFi". It was developed by the laboratories of the University of Melbourne of NICTA (National ICT Australia Limited), Center of Excellence in Research in Information Technology and Communications of Australia.
Gigabit Wireless is the world's first single-chip transceiver to operate at 60 GHz in the CMOS (complementary metal oxide-semiconductor) process. It will allow the wireless transfer of audio and video data up to 5 gigabits per second, ten times the current maximum wireless transfer rate, to one-tenth of the cost, usually within a range of 10 meters. This technology provides high bandwidth access, high data transfer speed in a matter of seconds and a low cost. It is necessary that Gi-Fi to be preferred the next generation of wireless technology used in the home and offices. We also get to study about Gi-Fi we look at conventional wireless technology like cables, fiber optics, Bluetooth technology etc.... Gi-Fi offers various features like high speed data transfer, low power consumption, high security, cost-effective, Small size, fast deployment, highly portable, high mobility etc.