Atheros has added higher speeds and hardware-based compression to their WiFi chipset:
NETWORLD INTEROP, LAS VEGAS, April 29, 2003 –Atheros Communications, the leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, today announced the availability of Super G” and “Super A/G” capabilities that deliver 90Mbps TCP/IP throughput for 802.11a/g and 802.11g Wireless LANs. These capabilities include a new 108Mbps data rate design for 11g and 11a, real-time hardware data compression, standards-compliant bursting support, and dynamic transmit and modulation optimizations. Super G and Super A/G are fully backward compatible with conventional 11b, 11g, and 11a products and are activated by a simple software driver upgrade for products already on the market.
This is impressive, if the range is anything useful.