Intel Corp., the world"s largest microchip maker, said on Thursday it expected to implement trials of the emerging wireless broadband technology called "WiMax" in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by year-end.
Intel, which makes the microprocessor chips that function as the brains of over 80 percent of the world"s personal computers, has been the driving force behind the deployment of WiMax, a wireless data network that promises to blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet links. "The trials of the technology are starting now, and we see (commercial) roll-out worldwide over the next two to three years," Sean Maloney, the head of Intel"s mobility unit, told Reuters. "But it"s patchy -- some places will be faster than others."