Broadcom Energy Efficient Ethernet Solutions Win 2010 Best Electronic Design Award

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that Electronic Design Magazine has named Broadcom winner of the 2010 Best Electronic Design in the Communications Wired category for its Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) product portfolio based on the 802.3az™-2010 EEE standard from the IEEE that promises to save billions in energy costs.  

Broadcom's extensive portfolio – the broadest in the industry - allows engineers to begin adopting EEE and gives designers of new Ethernet gear a wide range of options for implementing the new EEE standard. Broadcom EEE-compliant products offer energy savings of up to 70 percent or greater and provide customers with end-to-end silicon and software solutions that enable faster deployment of energy efficient networks.

As part of its energy efficient initiative, Broadcom has developed its proprietary AutoGrEEEn™ technology to facilitate the adoption of EEE and provide a faster migration path for legacy networking equipment. A comprehensive list of Broadcom's EEE-compliant products is available at  http://go.broadcom.com/2eE.

The Best Electronic Design Award winners were selected by Electronic Design Magazine's staff and contributing editors, who chose from technology, products and standards released over the past 12 months. The award honors vendors who deliver innovative technology that has helped to advance electronic design.

Quotes:

Lou Frenzel, Communications Editor, Electronic Design

"Choosing the best communications product of the year is always a challenge. This year something clearly stood out:  Energy Efficient Ethernet, the 802.3az standard recently approved by the IEEE. This standard promises to save jillions of watts of power when implemented. But the real thanks go to Broadcom for bringing a full line of Ethernet chips to make this happen faster.  An easy but excellent choice."

Wael William Diab, Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Broadcom Corporation and Vice-Chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group

"This award underscores the importance of Energy Efficient Ethernet and is a testament to the work of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet working group members on the standard. Broadcom is shipping product that delivers on the promise of energy efficiency and our ongoing commitment to reduce the environmental impact of networking equipment."

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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®.

Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 4,500 U.S. and 1,900 foreign patents, and has more than 7,800 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® 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 www.broadcom.com.

Cautions regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

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 and business, 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. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the demand for Energy Efficient Ethernet-complaint switches, PHY and controller products; and references to Broadcom's AutoGrEEEn technology allowing customers to bring energy efficient systems to market quicker. 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.

Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with Energy Efficient Ethernet-complaint switches, PHY and controller products include, but are not limited to:

· the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products;

· delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards; and

· the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification.

Additional factors that may cause Broadcom's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the list that can be found at http://www.broadcom.com/press/additional_risk_factors/Q42010.php.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

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