Broadcom announces new tri-band, MU-MIMO, 802.11ac router chipset

New Wi-Fi technologies might not seem particularly sexy, but they’re critical to the growing IoT market. Whereas routers were once primarily judged on raw speed and signal strength, new models sport a bevy of fancy features designed for households with multiple Internet-connected devices. This is where Broadcom’s new 5G Wi-Fi XStream MU-MIMO platform comes into play. In