IRVINE, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced it will introduce a new family of Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) integrated access device (IAD) semiconductors to telecommunications providers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in China this year. The Broadcom(R) BCM6800 family of GPON gateway processors are designed to enable more cost effective optical network terminals (ONTs) or optical network units (ONUs) used in conjunction with service provider networks. As a result, service providers that deploy Broadcom's BCM6800 family of gateway processors will leverage increased bandwidth for such offerings as high quality triple play services, high definition (HD) video, gaming, wireless and voice over IP (VoIP) supporting Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) applications.
With unparalleled levels of integration and increased throughput performance, Broadcom's GPON products will offer Chinese telecommunications carriers high performance and feature-rich passive optical network (PON) capabilities that are built on years of Broadcom's experience in the Chinese broadband access market.
The GPON specification is based on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.984 GPON recommendation that offers Chinese carriers a global standard for PON deployments, with economies of scale built on interoperability and driven by deployments around the world. GPON further offers network timing that is compatible with existing time division multiplexing (TDM) voice networks in carrier infrastructures that allows carriers to transition existing TDM traffic to a more cost effective network, resulting in a greater revenue return on legacy services with corresponding declines in operating costs.
"Broadcom is pleased to provide our Chinese customers with a reliable and cost effective, stable, long term source of GPON silicon," said Greg Fischer, Vice President & General Manager of Broadcom's Carrier Access line of business. "Our presence and commitment to the carrier market in China is well established with leadership in DSL, Ethernet and wireless LAN products. The global GPON standard provides next generation FTTH and FTTN opportunities for China and we look forward to extending our leading access technologies and investments in this area."
The Broadcom BCM6800 family of GPON solutions are comprised of Fiber-to-the-X (FTTX) products spanning Gigabit bridges through full IAD capabilities. When used with Broadcom's leading ADSL2+, VDSL2 and Gigabit Ethernet products, they comprise a complete FTTN or Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB) portfolio for remote nodes and multi-dwelling units.
Broadcom will begin production of these GPON devices later this year and is actively supporting customer designs today.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, and holds over 3,300 U.S. and over 1,300 foreign patents, more than 7,500 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
A FORTUNE 500(R) company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com/.
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Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with the BCM6800 family of GPON SoCs include, but are not limited to:
-- General economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address, including the volatility in the technology sector and semiconductor industry, and trends in the broadband communications markets in various geographic regions, including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are incorporated; -- Delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the markets for GPON gateway processor products; -- Our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a cost- effective and timely manner; -- Our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards and to identify opportunities in new markets; and -- Competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products.
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