Samsung has announced the world's first laptop with built-in support for multiple-input, multiple output (MIMO) WLAN technology - NT-X20 .

MIMO uses existing 802.11b and 802.11g standards, but makes better use of the available radio spectrum by sending several data signals over a single radio channel.

The X20 laptop PCs will come with Airgo's True MIMO chip set, which works with 802.11a/b/g networks, Airgo said in a press release. In third party tests the Samsung laptops with the MIMO chipset provided 8x the speed and 13x the coverage as the latest Intel Centrino wireless chipset. In addition test showed it is two times more energy efficient reports Mobile Mag.

"Given their significant technology lead, Airgo's True MIMO is the best fit for embedded wireless in our new high-performance Samsung X20 laptops," K.H. Uhm, Samsung's vice president of marketing, said in a statement.

Features NT-X20:

- CPU Pentium M 730 (1.6Ghz)
- 512Mb of DDR2 RAM
- 15" XGA screen
- 80Gb HDD
- CD-RW/DVD combo
- ATI Mobility Radeon X600 with 64Mb

The laptops are being shown this week at the Computex trade show in Taipei. The laptops will be sold in parts of Europe and Asia . Expected price range 2000 EUR .