HSINCHU, Taiwan – October 12, 2026 – Realtek Semiconductor will participate in Network X 2026 (October 13~15). Through its integrated high-speed switch, next-generation xPON, and Wi-Fi 8 solutions, Realtek demonstrates a comprehensive technology portfolio spanning wired infrastructure, fiber broadband, and wireless connectivity. These solutions help customers shorten development cycles, accelerate time to market, and deliver fast, reliable, and cost-effective next-generation networking experiences.
Embracing the 2.5GbE Networking Wave: Connects Smart Homes, Businesses, and Digital Campuses to a High-Speed Future
As Wi-Fi 7 adoption accelerates and Wi-Fi 8 emerges on the horizon, technology trends including AI-powered devices, cloud services, 8K video, 10G PON, and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) are driving networks beyond Gigabit Ethernet toward the 2.5GbE era. At the exhibition, Realtek showcases its next-generation high-speed switching and integrated reference solutions. With a comprehensive, flexible, and forward-looking portfolio, Realtek addresses the tremendous traffic growth created by proliferating connected devices, real-time multimedia, and AI applications. Future networks will demand not only greater bandwidth but also ultra-low latency, robust cybersecurity, intelligent management, superior energy efficiency, and long-term reliability—making high-speed switching infrastructure essential for digital homes, smart businesses, and modern campuses. For home environments, Realtek’s solutions seamlessly connect routers, mesh systems, NAS devices, gaming consoles, and multimedia equipment to deliver a smooth, bottleneck-free whole-home networking experience. In business environments, they support office endpoints, enterprise access points, cloud-managed switches, and professional audiovisual systems with powerful, reliable aggregation and outstanding scalability. Across campuses, they enable high-density wireless connectivity, digital classrooms, remote learning, video streaming, and AI-powered education platforms, creating secure, stable, and highly efficient network environments. Through highly integrated chipsets and comprehensive hardware-software reference platforms, Realtek helps customers reduce external components, PCB footprint, power requirements, and thermal design complexity while significantly lowering development, validation, maintenance, and overall system costs. These advantages also accelerate time to market, delivering an exceptional combination of speed, security, intelligence, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
Next-Generation xPON Solution: Supports 2.5GbE and a Seamless Evolution from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 8
Realtek’s FTTH solution delivers the high-speed, reliable, and low-latency connectivity required for AI and agentic AI applications. Proven by Tier 1 operators worldwide, Realtek’s PON solution provides broad regulatory compliance, interoperability, and adaptability across diverse network environments. As 2.5GbE becomes mainstream in end-user devices, Realtek’s xPON SoCs integrate a 2.5GbE PHY to simplify PCB design, optimize component placement, and reduce overall system cost. In addition, Realtek’s scalable HGU architecture enables a seamless evolution from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 7 and Wi‑Fi 8, allowing customers to maximize their initial design investment and efficiently reuse development resources for future product upgrades.
Advances Wi-Fi 8: Reliable and Seamless Connectivity
Realtek is actively developing next-generation Wi-Fi 8 router solutions. Featuring Multi-AP Coordination technology, these solutions reduce interference among Mesh nodes while improving uplink performance in hard-to-reach areas, such as network edges, coverage dead zones, and garages. Optimized seamless roaming also enables users to move between AP nodes with virtually uninterrupted connectivity. As the number of connected devices continues to grow and AI-driven applications create increasingly demanding network environments, Realtek’s Wi-Fi 8 solutions are designed to deliver highly reliable, low-latency, and energy-efficient wireless connectivity. They can be widely deployed across broadband gateways, enterprise access points, streaming devices, and IoT products, enhancing network quality and user experiences in smart homes, businesses, and emerging AI applications.
"Realtek delivers comprehensive multi-gigabit (2.5G+) switch solutions for smart homes, enterprises, and campuses, providing a high-speed, low-latency, and cost-effective network foundation that reduces development costs and accelerates time-to-market," said Yee-Wei Huang, Realtek's vice president and spokesman. "Realtek is paving the way for next-generation Wi-Fi 8 solutions, delivering exceptional connectivity for a more stable and seamless wireless experience."
About Realtek
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation is a world-leading IC provider that designs and develops a wide range of IC products for connected media, communications networks, computer peripherals, multimedia, and smart interconnect applications. Products include Ethernet Controllers/PHYs, Ethernet Switch Controllers/Media Converter Controllers/Gateway Controllers, Wireless LAN Controllers & AP/Router SoCs, xDSL, VoIP Solutions, Bluetooth, xPON, IoT Solutions, Automotive Ethernet Solutions, High Fidelity Audio Solutions for Consumer and PC Applications, Card Reader Controllers, USB Hub Controllers, Type-C PD/Redriver Controllers, PC Embedded Controllers, Fingerprint Recognition with Hardware Encryption Controllers, Web/IP Camera Controllers, LCD Monitor Controllers, Display Hub/Retimers/Translators, Smart TV SoCs, and Digital Home Center Controllers. With advanced design expertise in RF, analog, and mixed-signal circuits, and with superb system knowledge, Realtek offers full-featured, high-performance, low-power, and competitive total solutions. More information on Realtek can be found on the website: www.realtek.com.
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