[ryukoposting]

To be fair, Espressif aren't the only ones. SiLabs announced the SiWx917 eons ago, and they finally appeared on Digi-Key like 3 weeks ago, but only in bulk, and the only dev board available is $200, and no Zephyr support, and this, and that...

[mips_r4300i]

Interesting, thanks for reminding me about that one. 5ghz is pretty rare for IoT chipsets

[ryukoposting]

You can get it, you just have to go with an external module strapped to a common microcontroller. Infineon's Airoc chips are a good example.