Melbourne (Australia) scientists have built and demonstrated a tiny 5mm per side CMOS chips (pictured above) that can transmit 5Gbps over short distances - about 10m - featuring a tiny 1mm antenna, a power amp that is only a few microns wide, and a low 2 watt power consumption . “GiFi” appears set to revolutionise short distance data transmission, and transmits in the relatively uncrowded 60GHz range.

Best of all, the chip is only about a year away from public release, and will only cost around AUD$10 (US$9.20) to produce.

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