Broadcom's Cable Gateway Ignites the IP-based Home Networking Revolution

CHICAGO,  June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cable Show – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced its third generation DOCSIS 3.0 system-on-a-chip (SoC) to accelerate the broadband gateway market, the fastest growing market segment in all cable CPE* (customer premises equipment).  Visit Broadcom.com for more news.

Broadcom's BCM3383 DOCSIS®/Euro-DOCSIS™ 3.0 cable gateway SoC combines Broadcom's Full-Band Capture (FBC) technology, dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi and a custom applications processor, driving the proliferation of applications and advanced services throughout the home.

Key Technology Advantages:

• FBC digital tuning technology: integrated on-chip technology directly samples and digitizes the entire 1GHz downstream spectrum of a cable plant, providing access to any channel anywhere.
  • Improved performance: Digital tuning with advanced signal processing techniques that exceed the most challenging performance requirements demanded by operators.
  • Bandwidth flexibility: Supports DOCSIS and digital video on any frequency eliminating limitations of "block" tuners.  When combined with Broadcom's set-top box SoC with fast acquisition technology, video channels can be pre-tuned and users can enjoy the experience of Broadcom's FastRTV™ fast channel change technology.
  • Optimized power: Enhanced capability and performance while also reducing power over prior generations of tuners.
• Dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi: extends the wireless network to enable a more reliable network for video distribution throughout the home. With simultaneous 2.4 and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11 band streams, gateways can segregate data and video distribution (video having its own band), reducing interference and enabling a high-quality user experience.
• Applications processor: expands the capability of the modem and supports advanced applications without impacting the voice and gateway performance.
• Faster speed: with a multi-threaded 500MHz processor, Broadcom's new cable gateway SoC features a 50 percent increase in CPU speed. 
• Broadcom's BCM3383 is now sampling to early access customers. 

Quotes:

Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst, Broadband Access, Infonetics

"Service providers increasingly rely on residential gateways instead of basic modems to deliver voice, data, and video services because they can be remotely managed, have an open application layer to add on new features, and offer higher throughput and greater security features.  Residential gateways have become the fastest growing segment of Broadband CPE devices."

Norm Bogen, Vice President of Research, In-Stat

"Residential gateways that include Wi-Fi and routing capabilities will overtake broadband modem shipments in the next three years.  This segment of CPE devices is expected to increase at the fastest pace of all access technologies."

Jay Kirchoff, Vice President of Marketing, Cable Broadband, Broadcom Corporation

"Broadcom continues to innovate in the broadband gateway market, pioneering the use of FBC and introducing dual simultaneous Wi-Fi and a custom applications processor.  This combination ignites the IP-based home networking revolution, transforming the market."

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About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments.  With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by Connecting everything®. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

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*According to In-Stat, 5/11

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