The WiFi chipmakers are accustomed to supporting new iterations of the 802.11 standards well in advance of final ratification, to meet the needs of equipment makers to support ever-growing user expectations of data rates and reliability. Chips have been coming to market to support the 802.11ax multi-gigabit standard since February, though the draft specs will not be finalized until mid-2019, and the full standards for another two years after that. And the silicon vendors keep pushing the boundaries to seize a little bit of differentiation from their rivals. Broadcom is claiming the first bundled solution supporting both 11ax and xDSL, to enable a range of smart home applications; while Qualcomm is already pushing ahead to the next standard on the…