Alereon and SunPlusIT have teamed up to come up with the world’s first Worldwide Wireless USB hard drive reference design, based on AL5000 WUSB chipset of the former company. Being worldwide means covering the entire WiMedia spectrum from 3.1Ghz to 10.6Ghz for complying with regulatory requirement set by local authorities.

Details are sketchy, but this is one step closer to bringing practical WUSB devices to the market. The press release has also hinted Toshiba might retail an external drive based on the same design. So, this is probably the closest thing you can get to cutting cords for your hard drive without clogging up the WiFi pipeline. 

Source Everything USB

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