List of 802.11ac Hardware

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supporting 802.11ac, see the automatically updated tables on this page.

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See 802.11ac on Wikipedia for considerably more information on the standard.

It's basically super-802.11n at 5GHz with 80Mhz or 160Mhz wide channels.

List of 802.11ac Hardware

Smartphones

Tablet computers

Laptops

Chipsets

Vendor	Part #	Interface	Streams	LDPC	TxBF	256- QAM	Notes	First seen (FCC)	Adapters	Systems	PPage / PR
Broadcom
Broadcom	BCM4335	SDIO / PCIe / HSIC	1	Y	Y	Y	BT 4.0 + FM rec.	2013-02-20	0 devices	12 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM4350	SDIO / PCIe	2	Y	Y	Y	incl. BT 4.0	2015-08-25	4 devices	2 devices	PR
Broadcom	BCM4352	PCIe 2.0	2	Y	Y	Y		2012-05-16	13 devices	27 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM43516	USB 2.0	1	?	?	?			0 devices	0 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM43526	USB 2.0	2	?	?	?		2012-08-20	10 devices	4 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM43556	USB 3.0	2	?	?	?			0 devices	0 devices	PR
Broadcom	BCM43558	USB 3.0	2	?	?	?	incl. BT 4.0		0 devices	0 devices	PR
Broadcom	BCM43569	USB 3.0	2	?	?	?	int. BT 4.1	2015-01-22	3 devices	4 devices	PR
Broadcom	BCM4360	PCIe 2.0	3	Y	Y	Y		2012-04-20	17 devices	123 devices	PPage PR
Broadcom	BCM43602	PCIe 2.0	3	Y	Y	Y	pin w/ BCM4360, FullMAC	2014-06-02	5 devices	33 devices	PR
Broadcom	BCM43460	PCIe 2.0 (prob.)	3	Y	Y	Y	enterprise targeted	2013-04-18	3 devices	17 devices	PPage PR
Intel
Intel	3160 series	PCIe	1	?	?	Y	incl. BT 4.0 Wilkins Peak 1
Intel	7260 series	PCIe	2	?	?	Y	incl. BT 4.0 Wilkins Peak 2
Marvell
Marvell	88W8897	SDIO / PCIe / USB 2.0 /.	2	Y	Y	Y	BT 4.0 + NFC	2014-05-20	3 devices	5 devices	PPage PR
Marvell	88W8864	PCIe 2.0	3	Y	Y	Y		2013-08-15	0 devices	6 devices	PPage PR, PBrief
MediaTek
MediaTek	MT7610E	PCIe	1	?	?	?		2013-03-05	1 devices	49Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7610U	USB 2.0	1	?	?	?		2013-01-01	30 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7612E	PCIe 2.0	2	Y	Y	Y		2013-12-11	4 devices	63Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7612U	USB 3.0	2	Y	Y	Y		2014-06-25	8 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
MediaTek	MT6630	dunno	2	?	?	?	BT 4.1 + FM tr. w/ RDS/RBDS		0 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
MediaTek	MT7650	dunno	1	?	Y	Y			0 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros
Qualcomm Atheros	WCN3680	dunno	1	Y	Y	Y	incl. BT 4.0 + FM rec.	2013-04-26	0 devices	3Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9860	PCIe	3	Y	?	Y	incl. BT 4.0		0 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9862	PCIe	2	Y	?	Y	incl. BT4.0	2013-07-22	2 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9882	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	?	Y	consumer targeted	2013-05-10	9 devices	42Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9892	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2015-05-21	5 devices	1Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9880	PCIe 1.1	3	Y	?	Y	consumer targeted support ath10k	2013-07-15	24 devices	77Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9890	PCIe 1.1	3	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2013-09-12	0 devices	6Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9980	PCIe, prob.	4	Y	?	Y	MU-MIMO, router + gateway targeted	2015-04-10	6 devices	18Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9982	PCIe, prob.	3	Y	?	Y	router + gateway targeted	2015-11-12	1 devices	4Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9990	PCIe, prob.	4	Y	?	Y	MU-MIMO, enterprise targeted	2015-06-24	3 devices	5Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR SNB
Qualcomm Atheros	QCA9992	PCIe, prob.	3	Y	?	Y	enterprise targeted	2018-01-13	0 devices	2Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PR SNB
Quantenna
Quantenna	QAC2300	PCIe	4	Y	Y	Y			0 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PBrief (archive)
Quantenna	QSR1000	dunno	4	?	?	?	MU-MIMO		0 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices	PPage .
Realtek
Realtek	RTL8811AU	USB 2.0	1	?	?	?		2013-04-30	33 devices	1Empty strings are not accepted. devices
Realtek	RTL8812AE	PCIe 1.1	2	Y	Y	Y		2013-01-04	17 devices	2Empty strings are not accepted. devices
Realtek	RTL8812AR	PCIe (assumed 1.1)	2	?	?	?		2012-11-29	1 devices	46Empty strings are not accepted. devices
Realtek	RTL8812AU	USB 3.0	2	?	?	?		2012-12-19	58 devices	0Empty strings are not accepted. devices
Redpine Signals
Redpine Signals	RS9117	SDIO	1	Y	?	Y					PBrief
Redpine Signals	RS9333	PCIe/USB2.0 / SDIO 3.0	3	Y	?	Y					PBrief

The previous (non-tabled) chipset section is accessible in this page's history.

802.11ac ready boards (addl. module required)

Device	Type	PHY modes	Manuf.	CPU1	FLA1	RAM1	WI1	WI2	Switch	Ethernet	Expan.	USB	FCC date	BUY MY BOOK
Compex WPJ344 (WPJ344HV)	wireless embedded board general purpose	abgn	Compex CoO: 20px	Atheros AR9344 @ 533 MHz	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />	Atheros AR9344 2x2:2, abgn Ant. conn: U.FL			1G 2 LAN	Mini PCIe		2013-01-01 (non-FCC, est. rel)

Other

	Global type	Chip1 brand	Chip1 model	PHY modes	MIMO	FCC date
Apple iMac (Late 2013, ME086LL/A, A1418)	unstructured data, All-in-One PC	Broadcom	BCM4360	abgn+ac	3x3:3	2013-02-08
HP TPC-Q013	unstructured data, All-in-One PC	Broadcom	BCM4352	abgn+ac	2x2:2	2013-06-14
Microsoft Xbox One Wireless Module	unstructured data, game console wireless module	Marvell	88W8897M	abgn+ac	2x2:2	2013-06-19

List of 802.11ac Hardware

Contents

List of 802.11ac Hardware

Access Points

Wireless Routers

Travel Routers

4G LTE Routers

Media Bridges, Wireless Bridges

Repeaters, Range Extenders

Gateways

Smart Home Hubs, IoT Hubs

Media Streamers

Media Players

Set Top Boxs

NAS

PowerLine

Wireless Embedded Boards

Wireless Systems

Wireless Adapters

Mobile general purpose computers (non-PC)

Chipsets

802.11ac ready boards (addl. module required)

Other

Misc. links

See also

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