A family of 5G WiFi Wave 2 solutions, designed to deliver the quality, reliability and capacity required for all segments of the enterprise and cloud WLAN markets, has been released by Broadcom. The solutions include the BCM43465, a 4x4 11ac MU-MIMO, and the BCM43525, a 3x3 11ac MU-MIMO. 

Broadcom has announced that it is has received NAGRA NOCS3 certification for HEVC and Ultra HD STB SoCs, supporting the latest in content protection and ensuring the delivery of premium content and services to multiple TVs and devices in the home. Broadcom has achieved NAGRA's next-gen security certification on several chips in its HEVC-enabled device portfolio.

Optimised to meet the bandwidth, scalability and efficiency demands of 10GbE virtualised data centres, the Trident-II+ series of Ethernet switches has been released by Broadcom. The highly integrated devices, which expand the company’s StrataXGS Trident portfolio, offer 1.28Tb/s switching performance, 30% lower power and double the performance for data centre virtualisation overlays, such as VXLAN.

A family of secure MCUs, which integrate NFC, has been introduced by Broadcom. The BCM58100 family is designed for mPOS terminals, personal computers and other applications, including IoT products.

Broadcom has introduced a high-speed coaxial cable solution with access technology for Chinese subscribers in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). The BCM63500 and BCM63333 devices integrate the China HomePlug AV 1.0 (C-HPAV 1.0) standard endorsed by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), the government agency overseeing broadcasting in the region, to provide operators with an economical solution for broadband services over cable...

Broadcom has announced two products for deployment in China, an HD STB SoC for China's free-to-air satellite market, and a cost efficient, small form-factor DOCSIS 3.0 STB engineered for the country's growing cable market.

Broadcom has announced that Inspur Group, Shandong Cable Network's primary systems integrator, has selected Broadcom's Ultra HD SoC and Wi-Fi SoC for a new line of 4Kp60 cable STBs. Leveraging Broadcom's latest compression and decoding technology, Inspur's Ultra HD STB delivers fluid 60fps video with vivid 10-bit colour to subscribers at four times the resolution of conventional HD displays.

Broadcom has announced 'the industry's first' 28nm EDC PHY with support for long reach multimode, the BCM82780. This latest addition to Broadcom's industry-leading portfolio of 1/10/40GbE physical layer devices delivers significant power savings, while boosting performance. 

Broadcom announced rapid adoption of its latest 40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet PHY in pluggable QSFP+ optical and DAC modules. Multiple OEMs and ODMs have adopted the devices for immediate implementation. Broadcom will showcase its latest innovations for high speed interconnects products at the OFC Technical Conference in Los Angeles, California, 24th to 26th March.

Expanding the StrataDNX 'Dune' family of switch SoC devices, Broadcom has announced next-gen devices for optical transport, carrier Ethernet, edge and core routers, data centre cloud and enterprise campus market segments. The SoCs have been adopted by top tier equipment makers worldwide and provide a complete solution for the service provider network ranging from dense compact switching and routing platforms to large-scale multi-chassis routers.

The first Ultra HD Android TV STB will be powered by Broadcom’s BCM7252 STB SoC. The Freebox, offered by Free, delivers a comprehensive suite of streaming, terrestrial, on-demand and recorded content at up to four times the resolution of current HD television.

A software platform for OEMs, ISVs and network operators has been introduced by Broadcom. Open Network Switch Library (OpenNSL) is a software interface with a set of APIs that enable the development of new applications on top of Broadcom StrataXGS switches.

Broadcom has announced that SK Telecom, Korea's largest telecommunications company, has selected Broadcom's latest small cell SoC devices with carrier aggregation technology to enhance its high-speed 4G LTE services. By leveraging Broadcom's advanced small cell SoC features, SK Telecom can significantly increase overall throughput and extend network coverage and capacity.

KT (formerly Korea Telecom), a Korean telecomms and internet company, has successfully deployed Broadcom's small cell SoC devices to enhance its high speed 4G LTE wireless broadband services. KT completed deployment and verification of its Broadcom-enabled small cells for commercial outdoor environments this quarter and plans to expand services to indoor residential locations in the second quarter of 2015. 

As part of its portfolio of DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 products, Broadcom has announced the world's first upstream diagnostic analyser technology, aiming to help cable Multi-System Operators (MSOs) remotely detect and locate upstream noise sources in real time, enabling proactive diagnosis and resolution of subscriber's network connectivity issues without costly service calls or truck rolls

Two Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) SoC devices, which integrate the advanced Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) 2.0 standard for cable home networking, have been introduced by Broadcom. The BCM7448S and BCM7449S chips for connected home gateways and IP clients support multiple Ultra HD video compression standards, allowing operators and manufacturers to cost-effectively deliver the widest variety of 4K content to home subscribers. Featuring i...

A 5G WiFi 2x2 MIMO combo chip, which is claimed to be the industry’s first with Real Simultaneous Dual Band (RSDB) support for mobile devices, has been released by Broadcom. The BCM4359 enables devices to transmit and receive over two bands simultaneously, delivering an improved experience to highly connected, multi-tasking users. 

Broadcom has announced what it claims is the industry's first fully integrated SoC for the virtual Customer Premise Equipment (vCPE) market. The BCM88312 integrated and programmable device can be seamlessly connected to the operator's network to deliver vCPE services. It is designed to provide carriers with flexibility to add new services in a dynamic, multi-vendor environment.

Broadcom has introduced two SoC devices to provide mobile access carriers with industry-leading capacity and spectral efficiency to boost existing microwave backhaul infrastructure. The SoCs are the first to deliver 5Gb/s speeds and deliver a fourfold increase in spectral efficiency of 48bps/Hz. Broadcom will showcase its innovations for the mobile and carrier ecosystem at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 2nd to 5th March.

Broadcom has introduced a smartwatch platform that reduces power consumption for Android Wear devices. The platform offers OEMs more features, including GPS with sensor hub processing and wireless charging support. Broadcom will showcase its innovations for the mobile and carrier ecosystem at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2nd to 5th March.