Even Intel’s WiFi 6 launch suggests China leads, as Huawei WiFi 6+ arrives

WiFi hardware breakthroughs from either side of the US-China divide have arrived in recent weeks. Intel has beaten Qualcomm to the punch with the first WiFi 6E network adapter, while Huawei has finally come out with devices capable of beaming its proprietary WiFi 6+ technology to take advantage of its strong position at both ends of the networking chain, from router to smartphone. To Intel first, which launched the AX210 wireless card adapter in a somewhat subdued manner. The US firm, sometimes known as Chipzilla, has kept back a lot of details from the AX210 release, possibly due to the initial release shipping from China only. So, scratching below the surface, the two announcements have more in common than meets…