Broadcom Accelerates the Delivery of Information and Entertainment Content to Connected Devices With the RVU Alliance's Remote User Interface Technology

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2010 International CES -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced support for the RVU Alliance's remote user interface (RUI) technology on its latest set-top box (STB) and digital TV (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions. Through its support of the RVU technology, Broadcom enables multichannel television service providers to deliver their high quality content with a consistent user interface to RVU thin client devices throughout the connected home. Broadcom will demonstrate RUI technology support on its BCM7420 STB SoC solution and BCM3549 DTV SoC solution at CES 2010.

Highlights/Key Facts:

• The RVU Alliance, with founding members Broadcom, Cisco, DIRECTV, Samsung and Verizon, has developed a specification for full-featured, 'pixel accurate' remote user interface technology that provides an identical user experience on all RVU thin client consumer electronics (CE) devices including STBs and DTVs enabled by Broadcom® technology.
  • RVU technology is expected to accelerate the availability of service provider content throughout the home, as a server-controlled and common user interface that not only allows display of service provider program guide and menu screens, but enables the rapid introduction of new features and applications that typically accompany service provider content.
  • Refinements to the user experience can be deployed in the home with a single update in the RVU media server that appears on all subscribed thin client CE devices.
  • The RVU Alliance complements and benefits existing industry interoperability initiatives including the Digital Living Network Alliance(SM) (DLNA®), of which RVU Alliance founders are promoting members.
  • For more information about the RVU Alliance, visit www.rvualliance.org.
• Support of RVU technology is part of Broadcom's comprehensive SoC software reference platform that includes a DLNA client, CEA-2014 client, DTCP-IP and DVB.
• Both the Broadcom BCM7420 STB SoC (for set-top box manufacturers) and the Broadcom BCM3549 DTV SoC (for TV manufacturers) are in production and shipping to customers.

Supporting Quotes:

Henry Derovanessian, Chairman of the RVU Alliance Board of Directors

"The RVU Alliance looks forward to Broadcom's real-world demonstration of RVU technology at CES 2010. We believe both consumers and service providers will embrace CE devices with RVU technology as they allow customers to enjoy service providers' entire entertainment experience throughout the connected home."

Dan Marotta, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group

"We are excited to demonstrate the next generation connected home by deploying RVU's RUI technology across multiple Broadcom connected home platforms including TVs and set-top boxes. We are committed to enabling new ways for consumers to connect, share and enjoy information and entertainment content throughout the home for an enhanced and high quality digital entertainment experience."

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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®.

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, and holds over 3,650 U.S. and over 1,450 foreign patents, more than 7,750 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, references to Broadcom's demonstration of RUI technology support on its SoC solutions at CES 2010 and references to consumer and service provider support for CE devices with RVU technology. 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 Broadcom BCM7420 set-top box and BCM3549 DTV silicon and software, but are not limited to:

• the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets for next generation set-top box and digital TV applications;
• delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in those markets;
• general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address, including the volatility in the technology sector and semiconductor industry, trends in the broadband communications markets in various geographic regions, including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are incorporated, and possible disruption in commercial activities related to terrorist activity or armed conflict in the United States and other locations;
• the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification; and
• the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory.

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