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To: FUZFO who wrote (21717)	9/21/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

Broadcom Announces World's First Single-Chip Cable Modem Solution BW - Monday September 21, 8:01 am Eastern Time New Chip Enables Next-Generation Cable Modems to Provide Telephony and Quality of Service Over the Cable Network IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq:BRCM - news), a leading developer of integrated circuits enabling high-speed broadband communications to the home and business, today announced the availability of the industry's first single-chip communications solution for cable modems. Broadcom's integration of all of the cable modem media access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) transmission functionality into a single chip, will allow its customers and end-users to substantially benefit from the lower cost, smaller size and improved features of next-generation cable modems. Cable modems with Broadcom's single-chip solution will also allow cable operators to provide current and future subscribers with advanced services, including telephony over the cable network. This cable modem technology will enable existing coax cable networks to deliver data, digital video, telephony and Internet access at speeds up to 56 megabits-per-second (Mbps), which is 1000 times faster than standard 56k voice-band modems. biz.yahoo.com o~~~ O