At its annual Intel Developers Forum, Intel demonstrated Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) docking technology using an Ultrabook. The company said WiGig is on track to becoming the most important next-generation multigigabit wireless technology.

Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner said there will come a day when an Ultrabook or tablet will be dropped anywhere on a desk and will automatically connect to a display monitor and peripherals.

"Looking to the future, all computing will become wireless computing, with an ever-increasing demand for faster wireless communication," Rattner said in a statement. "I'm excited by what I've seen from WiGig technology so far - not only its multigigabit throughput capability, but also the flexibility of the single technology to support a wide range of ... applications."

Intel demonstrated the WiGig technology, combined with advanced protocol adaption layers (PAL) designed for PC and mobile applications.

The WiGig medium access control (MAC) and physical (PHY) control specification operates in the unlicensed 60 GHz frequency band, which has more spectrum available than the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands used by existing Wi-Fi products. This allows wider channels that support faster transmission speeds.