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IRVINE, Calif., Jun 29, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced a new single-chip 54g™ wireless local area networking solution that delivers industry-leading range, configuration and security features. The AirForce One™ 54g transceiver is the smallest and most cost-effective IEEE 802.11g solution on the market, facilitating more opportunities to integrate the popular 54 Mbps wireless technology into notebook and handheld computers, and consumer electronic devices.
The new 54g solution, the Broadcom® BCM4318, is the latest addition to Broadcom's award-winning AirForce One wireless LAN family, which integrates the functionality of multiple Wi-Fi® chips onto a single silicon die to reduce the size, cost and power consumption of wireless LAN devices. The AirForce One 54g solution incorporates a high-performance 2.4 GHz radio, 802.11a/g baseband processor, medium access controller (MAC) and other radio components. This high level of chip integration not only reduces the size of a traditional Wi-Fi module by 72 percent, but also reduces the number of components required for wireless equipment by 45 percent over existing solutions, thereby lowering the cost of consumer and small business network equipment. Broadcom's latest chipset supports the extensive software feature set included in the AirForce product line, including the recently released SecureEZSetup™ software.
Extreme Integration Expands Wireless Possibilities
"Integration of wireless components into a single-chip is now enabling the next wave of growth for the Wi-Fi industry," said Craig Mathias, a Principal with the Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm. "Single-chip designs are critical to the size and cost reductions that will create new roles for Wi-Fi in consumer products, voice communications, and a broad range of industrial possibilities -- not to mention accelerating the ubiquity of Wi-Fi in notebook computers."
The AirForce One 54g solution is a flexible platform upon which manufacturers can build cost-effective wireless devices for a variety of applications. To enable multi-band (WAN/PAN) devices such as smart phones, the new chip features built-in interfaces to the leading wide area networking technologies, including GPRS and GSM. In addition, the AirForce One 54g solution offers Broadcom InConcert™ technology, which maximizes performance of solutions with both Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi technologies by synchronizing transmissions. The integrated 802.11a/g baseband/MAC allows wireless vendors to add dual-band functionality for enterprise infrastructure by simply adding the BCM2060 5-GHz radio.
By introducing a single-chip 802.11g client device, Broadcom is the first technology vendor to enable a three chip, end-to-end home networking solution. Equipment manufacturers can pair BCM4318-based client devices with an access point/router based on the BCM2050 radio and the BCM5350, Broadcom's new wireless router system-on-a-chip with integrated Fast Ethernet switching and VPN acceleration. The resulting system leverages the benefits of extreme integration to maximize performance and minimize manufacturing costs.
"Broadcom continues to push the limits of chip integration technology while increasing the differentiation our new solutions offer," said Jeff Abramowitz, Senior Director of Marketing for Broadcom's Home & Wireless Networking Business Unit. "As vendors face increased demand for value-added, Wi-Fi features amidst fierce pricing competition, Broadcom's chip integration strategy will help to redefine the price/performance standards for the burgeoning wireless LAN market."
AirForce One 54g Extends Range and Battery Life
The AirForce One 54g reference design, the BCM94318, can extend the range of 54g devices by up to 70 percent over existing solutions, enabling client devices to maintain connectivity at greater distances from a wireless router. The transceiver offers increased receive sensitivity and intelligent transmit power control features, while the recently-introduced power amplifier module boosts output power and improves signal quality.
Since wireless PCs and other mobile devices spend a majority of their time disconnected from a power supply, it is important for wireless LAN components to use a minimal amount of power. Like Broadcom's other wireless LAN solutions, the AirForce One 54g chip offers a comprehensive power management scheme to extend the battery life of wireless devices. This power management scheme leverages the benefits of extreme integration, innovative hardware design and Broadcom's SuperStandby mode. SuperStandby software wakes the minimum amount of circuitry for the shortest possible period of time to check for incoming data, consuming up to 97 percent less power than traditional wireless LAN solutions in standby mode, making it an optimal part for embedded mobile operation.
The AirForce One 54g solution leverages Broadcom's highly-integrated silicon and proven OneDriver™ software to deliver superior performance, ease-of-use and security features for Wi-Fi wireless networks, including:
* The industry's most comprehensive security portfolio, including Wi-Fi
Protected Access™ (WPA) certification, and all features required for
the upcoming WPA2, the Wi-Fi Alliance certified interoperable
implementation of the recently ratified IEEE 802.11i standard. The chip
include built-in hardware support for the Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) to eliminate performance degradation when running this
computationally intensive encryption algorithm. Solutions from
competitors that do not have AES in hardware are likely to experience
significant performance degradation. Designs are also certified for
Cisco Compatible Extensions version 2.
* SecureEZSetup -- An intelligent setup wizard that radically simplifies
Wi-Fi wireless LAN installation and automates WPA security for 54g
notebook adapters, access points and routers.
* Xpress™ Technology -- A standards-based frame bursting technique that
improves network performance by increasing the efficiency of wireless
data transmissions.
* 125* High Speed Mode™ -- A standards-plus technology that provides
the industry's best real-world performance without impacting neighboring
wireless networks.
About 54g
54g technology is Broadcom's implementation of the IEEE 802.11g wireless LAN standard, the new mainstream Wi-Fi technology for homes, businesses and public hot spots. 54g technology provides the industry's best combination of speed, reach and security, and is compatible with the more than 100 million 802.11g and 802.11b devices installed to date. 54g technology can be found in the leading brands of wireless LAN products and notebook PCs, including Acer, Apple, Belkin, Buffalo, Cisco/Linksys, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP/Compaq, Microsoft, Motorola and USRobotics.
Broadcom's AirForce Wireless LAN Product Family
Broadcom's high performance WLAN product line includes 54g, the world's most popular 54 Mbps Wi-Fi technology. In addition to transceivers that provide IEEE 802.11g and dual-band 802.11a/g solutions, Broadcom integrates wireless network processors, communications technologies and OneDriver software solutions into reference designs that speed customer time to market. Broadcom partners are developing 54g client solutions, access points, routers, switches, cable modems, DSL modems, Bluetooth solutions and GPRS cellular products. Broadcom began shipping AirForce One, the world's first single-chip 802.11b wireless LAN solution, in September 2003. Broadcom is currently sampling the BCM4318 to its strategic partners.
All the wireless chipsets in the AirForce product line enjoy unique performance advantages that improve throughput and range via Broadcom's SmartRadio™ technology. In addition to advanced signal processing techniques, these all-CMOS solutions are capable of self-calibrating based on usage temperature and other environmental conditions, reconfiguring constantly for optimum performance. Competing radios are statically calibrated at the point of manufacture and are unable to adapt to changing environmental influences.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog, radio frequency (RF), microprocessor and digital signal processing (DSP) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications. Our diverse product portfolio addresses every major broadband communications market, and includes solutions for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; high definition television (HDTV); cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network and security processors; and SystemI/O™ server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything®. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.
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All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
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949-926-5734
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andrewtp@broadcom.com
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