Broadcom Adds Hayes, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Sony And
Thomson To Its Growing List Of Cable Modem IC Customers
05:33 p.m Dec 10, 1997 Eastern
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1997--
Industry Leaders Use Common MCNS-DOCSIS Silicon Platform From
Broadcom
Broadcom Corp., Wednesday announced that Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc.,
Intel Corp., Motorola Corp., Samsung Electronics Corp. Ltd., Sony Corp., and
Thomson Consumer Electronics plan to use its MCNS-DOCSIS silicon platform in
their cable modems.
These companies join a growing list of cable, consumer and networking companies
using Broadcom's silicon platform, which include 3Com, Bay Networks, Cisco
Systems, Com21, NextLevel Systems and Scientific-Atlanta. This industrywide
adoption of Broadcom's silicon platform is a significant positive for the cable
modem market, since it has enabled a critical mass of feature-diverse cable
modems that all share a common basis of MCNS interoperability.
Broadcom's silicon platform complies with MCNS-DOCSIS, which was developed
to insure multi-vendor interoperability between cable modem equipment. The
company's MCNS-DOCSIS silicon platform is the first available integrated silicon
solution that provides the upstream, downstream and media access controller
(MAC) functions for both cable modems and cable modem termination systems
(headends).
"Broadcom is pleased to have a list of customers that includes the leading
equipment manufacturers in the consumer electronics market, the networking
market and the traditional cable set-top market," said Henry Nicholas, Broadcom's
president and chief executive officer. "The availability of our silicon solution will
allow manufacturers to uphold their commitment to providing inexpensive,
interoperable cable modems through retail distribution channels by early 1998,
which will be the driving force behind the explosive growth of high-speed
data-over-cable services."
Broadcom recently announced the availability of its MCNS-DOCSIS silicon
platform, which consists of the BCM3116 QAMLink Demodulator, BCM3037
QAMLink Burst Modulator and BCM3220 QAMLink Media Access Controller
(MAC) for cable modem subscriber units, and the BCM3033 QAMLink Modulator,
BCM 3137 QAMLink Burst Demodulator, and BCM 3210 QAMLink MAC for
cable modem termination systems. Broadcom also announced the availability of its
MCNS-DOCSIS cable modem and cable modem termination system reference
designs.
Broadcom is a worldwide leader in the broadband communications market,
providing integrated, system-level silicon solutions to manufacturers of 100Base-T
networking, cable modem, digital cable-TV set-top box, xDSL and digital broadcast
satellite equipment. The company's QAMLink digital transmission architecture has
been adopted by the leading manufacturers of cable modems and digital cable-TV
set-top boxes. Broadcom's Fast-Phy 100Base-T digital transmission technology is
used by leading manufactures of hubs, switches, routers and line cards. The
company has strategic customer relationships with the leading data communications
equipment manufacturers, including: 3Com, Bay Networks, Cisco Systems, Intel,
Motorola, NextLevel Systems (formerly General Instrument) and Scientific-Atlanta.
Broadcom is based in Irvine, Calif., and can be reached at 714/450-8700 or at
broadcom.com . (See also: businesswire.com)
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