Asus teases Wi-Fi 8 router concept for gamers

ASUS is at it again with another vaporware router for nerds to salivate over. The company showed a concept device called the ROG NeoCore, a potential future router built for the Wi-Fi 8 standard, at a tech expo this year. This thing is not a real product you can buy. ASUS made that painfully clear. There is no info on when it might launch, how much it would cost, or what exact guts it would have. The design on display might change completely or never see store shelves at all. The whole point was to signal that ASUS is thinking about Wi-Fi 8 early. The new standard is not just about speed. It is supposed to slash lag and boost reliability, which matters for cloud gaming and video calls. The concept router, under the Republic of Gamers brand, is aimed at that crowd of latency-obsessed gamers. The demonstration hints at how future networking gear might handle these tasks. Everyone else will just have to wait for the actual standard to be finished and for companies to stop teasing and start selling.