On December 9, 2021, Taicang Winnoway Co., Ltd., a leading semiconductor components distributor focusing on the Asian-Pacific market, announced that its subsidiary, Treading, has launched a Wi-Fi 6 high-speed network router solution based on the Qualcomm IPQ8074 chip. This solution can help users break through networking limitations and provide faster data transfer rates.

Figure 1- Display board of Taicang Winnoway's Wi-Fi 6 high-speed network router solution based on Qualcomm products
The development of technology has brought many improvements to our lives, which are not only reflected in daily life but also in network connectivity. Since the release of the Wi-Fi 6 standard, Wi-Fi 6 routers have rapidly swept the market due to their speed and stability. In terms of speed, the highest bandwidth of a Wi-Fi 6 router can reach 9.6Gbps, nearly a 40% increase in transmission speed compared to Wi-Fi 5. In terms of stability, Wi-Fi 6 routers allow a large number of devices to connect simultaneously without experiencing network congestion or capacity issues.
Taicang Winnoway's Wi-Fi 6 high-speed network router solution based on the Qualcomm IPQ8074 chip can improve the increasingly crowded and dense Wi-Fi environment. With the best configuration, it can bring unprecedented capacity and coverage range to the Wi-Fi network.

Figure 2- Block diagram of Taicang Winnoway's Wi-Fi 6 high-speed network router solution based on Qualcomm products
The IPQ8074 used in this solution is a highly integrated SoC designed for next-generation enterprise access points, operator gateways, and consumer-grade routers, providing maximum capacity, the broadest coverage, and optimal performance. The product integrates four ARM Cortex-A53 cores and a dual-core network accelerator, supporting 4X MU-MIMO on the 2.4GHz band and 8X MU-MIMO on the 5GHz band. This means that it can provide data transmission through 12 streams at once, easily exceeding 10Gbps, to ensure the best Wi-Fi performance for all types of applications.

Figure 3- Schematic application diagram of Taicang Winnoway's Wi-Fi 6 high-speed network router solution based on Qualcomm products
In addition, the IPQ8074 features 2 PCIe, 2 USB, and 6 GSBI interfaces, allowing for a variety of applications such as connecting external 5G modules, Bluetooth, and ZigBee, among others. Furthermore, the IPQ8074 also provides a higher-speed USXGMII interface, reaching up to 10G. Leveraging the超高 performance of the IPQ8074, this solution can easily overcome the bandwidth limitation of the WAN port, providing users with an enhanced Wi-Fi 6 performance.
Core technology advantages:
- Processor up to 2.2GHz;
- Qualcomm WiFi SON;
- Higher channel utilization;
- High-speed Ethernet I/F;
- Various peripheral applications.
Solution specifications:
- Processor: Quad-core A53 2.2GHz;
- Memory: 512MB×2 DDR3L;
- Storage: 32MB SPI NOR; 2GB Parallel NAND and support for microSD and 8GB eMMC (5.1);
- Fast interfaces: 2×PCIe; 2×USB;
- Slow interfaces: 6×GSBI (Generic Serial Bus Interface);
- Wireless: 5G BB/MAC: up to 160/80+80 MHz; 2G BB/MAC: up to 40 MHz;
- Network: 2x10GbE; 4x1GbE.