Broadcom Announces Next Generation Digital Transport Adapter 4.0 Cable Solution for Digital TV Conversion

DENVER, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CableLabs® Winter Conference 2010 -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced the industry's first Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) 4.0 system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution that features an integrated tuner and switchable content protection.  Designed in an ultra small form factor, the Broadcom® BCM7002 DTA solution supports Comcast's latest DTA 4.0 specification.  This specification paves the way for the expanded network capacity that cable operators require to provide additional HD content and more value added services such as video on demand (VoD) and higher speed DOCSIS® 3.0 data and voice services.

Highlights/Key Facts:

• Cable operators need to reclaim precious bandwidth in order to provide additional HD content and more value-added services and are looking to deploy DTAs quickly throughout North America.  This year, In-Stat market research estimates that there are over 74 million analog TV sets connected with cable coax in the U.S. that may require a DTA at some point to transition to all digital programming.
• The Broadcom BCM7002 DTA SoC solution supports Comcast's latest DTA 4.0 specification as well as the DTA requirements for most North American cable operators.  In addition, it offers the following features:
  • It is designed in a 65 nanometer (nm) CMOS process to enable the highest level of integration, smallest footprint size and exceeds Energy Star requirements for power consumption, providing very low active and standby power.
  • It is designed for the large installed base of TV sets that still receive analog-only cable broadcasts.  
  • It is the industry's first solution to push the envelope of integration by combining a 1 GHz SCTE-40+ cable tuner that exceeds the SCTE-40 specification and switchable content protection that allows a single device to be used with multiple content protection systems.  As a result, one product can be inventoried and deployed on a number of content protection networks, supporting multiple content protection systems, and moved from one network to another without changes.
  • It enables ultra small and unobtrusive DTA 4.0 form factors with a reference design that measures only 3.25" x 2.25", enabling cable operators to unobtrusively place DTA devices in cable households with industry-leading functionality and integration.
  • Its high integration reduces the manufacturers overall bill-of-materials (BoM) cost and accelerates the deployment of low cost converter solutions demanded by North American cable operators.
• The BCM7002 DTA solution is now sampling to set-top box manufacturers.

Supporting Quotes:  

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

"The BCM7002 leverages our proven track record and market leadership in supplying highly integrated SoC solutions for the DTA market that offer significant consumer benefits including very small form factors and ultra low power requirements.  With switchable content protection and an integrated tuner, Broadcom's DTA 4.0 solution is driving market leadership through integration and advanced functionality, and accelerating the time-to-market to deploy DTA adapters throughout North America."

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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, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 3,800 U.S. and over 1,550 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 BCM7002 DTA SoC products, our position in that market, and references to the impact of Broadcom's DTA 4.0 impact on cable operators' offerings.  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 the BCM7002 DTA SoC solution include, 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 PC, cable, satellite, IPTV and terrestrial set-top box 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, including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are incorporated;
• the risks and uncertainties associated with our international operations; and
• the effects of national disasters, public health emergencies, international conflicts and other events beyond our control.

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/Q12010.php.

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