Broadcom's Innovative, Standards-Based Cable Technology Accelerates China's Three Network Convergence

Broadcom's Standardized Ethernet over Coax Technology Drives High Quality and Cost-Effective Triple-Play Services in China

Broadcom Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Provigent, a privately-held leading provider of highly integrated, high performance, mixed signal semiconductors for microwave backhaul systems, with offices in Israel and Santa Clara, Calif.

Broadcom Corporation today announced support for motion-sensing video game technology from 3DiJoy Technologies that transforms a set-top box (STB) into a game console.

Broadcom Corporation today announced it has joined the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) -- a global non-profit consortium dedicated to reducing energy consumption of networking and computing equipment.

Broadcom Corporation today announced the addition of three new 10GbE clock and data recovery (CDR) devices to its high-speed interconnect products (HSIP) portfolio that provide increased signal integrity while achieving the lowest power consumption in the industry. Broadcom will demonstrate these new CDR solutions for wired networking at this week's Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference and Exposition, March 8-10, 2011 at the Los Angeles C...

Broadcom Corporation today announced the addition of three new 10GbE clock and data recovery (CDR) devices to its high-speed interconnect products (HSIP) portfolio that provide increased signal integrity while achieving the lowest power consumption in the industry. Broadcom will demonstrate these new CDR solutions for wired networking at this week's Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference and Exposition, March 8-10, 2011 at the Los Angeles ...

Broadcom Corporation today unveiled its latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) transceiver that supports the IEEE 802.1AE media access controller (MAC) security standard (known as MACsec) — a specification designed to safeguard connectionless data security, integrity and confidentiality for independent MAC protocols traveling between PC users and network servers and printers.

Broadcom Corporation today unveiled its latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) transceiver that supports the IEEE 802.1AE media access controller (MAC) security standard (known as MACsec) — a specification designed to safeguard connectionless data security, integrity and confidentiality for independent MAC protocols traveling between PC users and network servers and printers.

Broadcom unveiled the world's first dual-port 10GBASE-T adapter with full offload capabilities (BCM957712-T). Based on Broadcom's award-winning Ethernet technology, the solution represents innovation honed over multiple generations. Packaged in a low-profile PCI Express® form factor, the solution supports both networking and storage traffic over a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connection.

Broadcom and ARM today announced the signing of a broad reaching license agreement, enabling Broadcom to access the entire range of ARM processors, from the smallest, lowest-power ARM CortexTM-M0 processor, through to the newly introduced, high-performance Cortex-A15 application processor and beyond.

Broadcom announced a new family of Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions targeting stereo headset products. Combining the ability to enjoy streamed stereo music with traditional Bluetooth hands-free phone call capabilities, the new chip family also provides Broadcom's leading suite of built-in SmartAudio® technology that delivers appealing features for multiple tiers of headsets. The Broadcom® BCM2077x family includes three Bluetooth...

Broadcom announced its newest wireless combination (combo) chip designed to support more media and data applications without impacting size or battery life for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The BCM4330 integrates Broadcom's industry leading 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio technologies on a single silicon die providing significant cost, size, power and performance advantages over discrete semiconductor implementations, makin...

Broadcom announced a new baseband processor for affordable and high performance smartphones. The new BCM28150 HSPA+ baseband integrates a Broadcom® Merlyn™ applications processor with the latest VideoCore® IV mobile multimedia/graphics technology. This new baseband offers customers one of the highest performance, smallest footprint size and lowest power smartphone solutions available for Android™ and other open operating syste...

Broadcom announced a new 3G baseband processor that integrates a powerful ARM Cortex A9 processor with high-end 3D graphics support and advanced processing for mass-market Android handsets. Manufactured in the advanced 40 nanometer (40nm) CMOS process, the new Broadcom BCM21654 HSPA processor provides mainstream smartphones with superior graphics and user interface performance that rivals high-end devices. It also includes built-in support for An...

Broadcom announced the upgrade of its Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) data service to support the delivery of GLONASS (the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System) assistance data for mobile and personal navigation device (PND) users.

Broadcom announced two new GPS system-on-a-chip solutions that include support for the GLONASS Russian Navigation Satellite System, which almost doubles the number of satellites that are available for navigation. Broadcom introduces its most advanced GPS solutions to date for smartphones, mobile handsets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable media players and portable navigation devices (PNDs). The Broadcom® BCM47511 standalone GPS re...

Broadcom announced that Dr. Frank van Diggelen, senior technical director of Broadcom's Global Navigation Systems (GNSS) line of business and chief navigation officer, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Institute of Navigation (ION) Thurlow Award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of navigation.

What is Bluetooth 4.0? It's the latest spec from the Bluetooth SIG using Bluetooth but in a low-energy fashion. With Bluetooth 4.0 you can use watch batteries in devices ad those devices would last up to 2 years. In the example Ron demonstrates, we see someone taking a blood pressure reading and from that blood pressure monitor that data is transmitted to a PC and on to the Doctor or healthcare provider, which saves time and money.

Broadcom Corporation announced that it has received awards in five brand leadership categories for Ethernet LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM). The brand leader awards represent the perceptions of IT professionals in an annual survey conducted by IT Brand Pulse, an independent market research firm. The survey respondents selected Broadcom as the overall LOM brand leader, as well as the leader in four other categories including price, performance, reliab...