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Atheros announced today the Asus Eee PC series--the game-changing little notebooks that almost single-handedly created a new class of laptop (netbooks)--just got better.

The Eee PC S101 is the first Asus Netbook to feature XSPAN 11n technology. (The first Eee PC, the 701, offered Atheros 802.11g.)

The new Asus Eee PC S101 features Atheros' popular AR9281 single-chip, single-band 1x2 MIMO-enabled PCI Express (PCIe) design. The AR9281 provides up to 150 Mbps in transmit mode and up to 300 Mbps PHY rates in receive mode.

XSPAN is designed to help extend netbook battery life with power-saving techniques, such as Atheros Dynamic MIMO Power Save (DMPS) and Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery (UAPSD). The higher throughput offered by XSPAN also enables faster Wi-Fi transfers which can reduce power consumption.

In combination with the Asus S101's other system power-saving features, the netbook is rated to deliver five hours of operation between charges.

Article courtesy of Wi-FiPlanet.com.