Global telephone companies will be able to deliver Gigabit-class services to subscribers with Broadcom’s G.fast capabilities for its BCM63138 gateway SoC. The new G.fast digital subscriber line (DSL) standard, capable of supporting data rates in excess of 1Gbps with 106 MHz spectrum augments Broadcom's telecom access portfolio.

Broadcom has been demonstrating its strengths at the 2014 SAE Convergence Conference & Exhibition by showcasing its full line of automotive connectivity technologies, including the BroadR-Reach Automotive Ethernet portfolio and wireless combo chips. Industry analysts predict 100 percent of new cars to be Internet-enabled by 2025, an industry revolution that will redefine the driving experience

A quad port 40GbE gearbox PHY, claimed to be an industry first, has been introduced by Broadcom. The BCM82764, which operates alongside the company's StrataXGS, converts 20Gb/s signals to multiple lanes running at 10Gb/s. By using the high density PHY, users can provide 40GbE ports while using the full bandwidth of the switch.

Designed for cloud-scale data centres, the StrataXGS Tomahawk switch series has been released by Broadcom. Delivering 3.2Tb/s switching capacity, the series is claimed to be the industry's highest performing Ethernet switch. The switch series integrates more than 7bn transistors, enabling the transformation of next-gen cloud fabrics to all-25Gb/s per-lane interconnect and increasing link performance by 2.5 times.

Developed with NTT Electronics, a 20nm 100G PHY claimed to be the first of its kind, has been released by Broadcom. Designed for use in 100G optical fibre communication systems, PHY enables NTT Electronics' DSP. The PHY consumes less than half the power of existing long-haul coherent ICs and expands the use of coherent technology to metro and shorter reach links.

Broadcom has announced that its UHD (Ultra High-Definition) SoC technology has been selected by SK Broadband to power the B UHD tv STB and IPTV services. The BCM7252 allows the telecomms provider to substantially reduce the bandwidth required for UHD content transmission over its fibre, DSL or cable networks.

Optimised for next-gen cloud-scale data centre, enterprise and core networks, Broadcom claims that the BCM82792 is the industry's highest performance, lowest power multi-rate 100GbE gearbox physical layer transceiver (PHY). The device offers dual 100Gbps ports on a single gearbox chip, increasing the density while reducing power consumption (2W per port).

The Cisco VideoGuard security certification for Pay-TV has been awarded to Broadcom for it's set-top box (STB) HEVC 4K HD SoCs. With the HEVC-enabled devices, operators can reduce the bandwidth required for Ultra HD or traditional HD content transmission over IP, cable or satellite networks and deliver these services to more locations throughout the home.

Enabling always-on location applications for mobile devices, Broadcom has introduced a GNSS and sensor hub combo chip. By integrating the GNSS chip and sensor hub into a single combo chip, the BCM4773 minimises battery loss and provides mobile devices with intelligent location technology. 

Broadcom has revealed that TiVo has selected the BCM7445 Ultra HD SoC for its Ultra HD set-top box technology. The two companies will demonstrate how the Ultra HD set-top box technology can deliver four times the resolution of traditional 1080p60 HD displays in booth 2.C25 at IBC, 12th to 16th September, RAI Amsterdam.

A family of hybrid satellite and terrestrial SoC broadcast devices for set-top boxes, claimed to be the world's first, have been released by Broadcom. Engineered with pin-to-pin compatibility, the family allows a single set-top design to be leveraged throughout. The family of SoCs brings the company's HEVC technology to terrestrial markets, enabling broadcasters to utilise spectrum more efficiently than wit...

For its line of 4K media players, BrightSign has chosen Broadcom's Ultra HD SoC technology. Utilising the BCM7444 and BCM7252 SoCs, the digital signage media players deliver native 4K, 60fps video and 10-bit colour for a variety of commercial applications. The SoCs integrate HEVC technology, reducing bandwidth usage by 50% and allowing Ultra HD content to be delivered in half the time.

A 5G WiFi 2x2 MIMO combo chip for mobile devices, claimed to be the industry's most powerful, has been released by Broadcom. According to the company, the BCM4358 enables OEMs to design high-end smartphones and tablets with twice the WiFi performance.

To enable developers to rapidly prototype ideas and concepts for IoT devices and applications, Broadcom has introduced a development kit. The Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) Sense kit is an all-in-one IoT prototyping kit that includes the company's Bluetooth Smart chip, five MEMS and a software stack that is Bluetooth 4.1 compatible.

Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED), WiFi technology from Boradcom, has been selected by Netatmo for it's smartphone-controlled thermostat. Using the WICED WiFi technology, the thermostat syncs with a free smartphone app which provides users with control of home temperatures. 

WiFi technology from Broadcom has been selected by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) as the connectivity component for its Z Backscatter imaging system. Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) provides OEMs with a complete simplified implementation of wireless connectivity.

HEVC-enabled SoC technology, designed by Broadcom, has been chosen by Telefonica to deliver Ultra HD PTV broadcasts. The company is distributing Ultra HD content through its extensive fibre optical network and integration of BCM7445 and BCM7252 SoC devices, which provide advanced compression and decoding. 

Broadcom has announced that Videocon d2h, India's fastest growing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service provider, has selected it's satilite set-top box SoC device to power its HD USB DVR. The BCM7358 HD satellite STB SoC is a single-channel 1080p HD advanced video coding satellite receiver chip, featuring a high performance CPU and graphics engine, Digital Living Network Alliance connectivity support and advanced security fu...

Broadcom has announced that Hathaway Cable and Telecom, India's largest cable broadband service provider, has selected it's chipset to power high-speed broadband. By providing data at speeds greater than 300Mbps, the DOCSIS 3.0-based chipset will enable Hathaway to expand its services to support high value interactive applications such as on-demand programming, for both residential and commercial customers.

Designed for residential, enterprise and outdoor small cell networks, Broadcom introduces the BCM61735, BCM61755 and BCM61765 SoCs. These low-power small cell baseband processors double the capacity for operators and carriers to offload data traffic from increasingly congested 3G, 4G/LTE mobile and WiFi (802.11n and 802.11ac) networks.