List of Three Stream Hardware

For an automatically updated list of devices currently in TechInfoDepot supporting three-stream 802.11n, see List_of_Three_Stream_Hardware.

Currently, as of May 2013, three-stream 802.11n hardware (capable of a maximum 450Mbps PHY rate) is fairly widely available.. despite most devices out there still being constrained to single/dual streams or legacy modes.
 * While the 802.11n standard is capable of using four streams, there is little hardware with that capability available.

Higher throughput (well, VHT) 802.11ac devices using greater channel width are also increasing in adoption and, in the future, will generally supersede 802.11n usage in the 5GHz bands.

An older revision of this page is available here.

Chipsets
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Atheros / Qualcomm Atheros

 * Atheros AR9300
 * Atheros AR9380, AR9381, AR9388 and AR9390
 * Dual-band for AR9380 and AR9390, Single-band for AR9381
 * PCIe


 * Atheros AR9500
 * Atheros AR9580, AR9590
 * Dual-band
 * PCIe


 * Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
 * Dual-band 3x3 WiSoC
 * Atheros press release

Broadcom

 * Broadcom BCM4331
 * Dual-band
 * PCIe
 * On the Broadcom products section
 * Broadcom press release

Marvell

 * Marvell 88W8366
 * Dual-band
 * PCIe
 * Designed to be paired with the 88W8063 3x3 DB transceiver
 * Product brief (pdf)

Ralink

 * Ralink RT2883 + RT2853
 * Dual-band
 * Never released
 * Ralink press release


 * Ralink RT3573
 * Dual-band
 * USB 2.0
 * RFaxis RFX2402 front-end integrated into the device PR


 * Ralink RT3593
 * Dual-band
 * PCIe


 * Ralink RT3883
 * Dual-band
 * WiSoC
 * Product brief (pdf)

Celeno

 * Celeno CLR250
 * Dual-band
 * USB 2.0
 * Product brief (pdf)


 * Celeno CLR260
 * Dual-band
 * PCIe 1.1
 * Product brief (pdf)

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Misc. links
Why Is Three Stream N Taking So Long? on SmallNetBuilder (dated 2010-06-01) Three Stream N Performance: A First Look on SmallNetBuilder (dated 2011-07-28) Three Stream N Performance: Two More on SmallNetBuilder (dated 2011-10-02)

SmallNetBuilder's Router Ranker and Router Charts

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