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Broadcom unveils a single chip IAD
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 10 September 2009, 19:54 IST
Bangalore: Broadcom, a chip provider for wired and wireless communications has launched a single chip broadband integrated access device (IAD). The Broadcom BCM6362 is claimed to be the first single chip IAD integrating ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN), along with Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and voice over IP (VoIP) for Integrated Access Devices (IAD) and high-end residential gateways.
The new IAD solution provides original equipment manufacturers (OEM) with low component count, size, power and cost, by enabling service providers to offer a single device that delivers a fast Internet connection and robust DECT/DECT6.0/CAT-iq and Wi-Fi connectivity to support triple play services (voice, video and data). "The BCM6362 provides the broadband system-on-chip (SoC) integration technology, which can enable our customers to deliver customer premise equipment with the best combination of performance available today," said Greg Fischer, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Carrier Access line of business.
The integrated DSL+WLAN solution eliminates the need for consumers to purchase a separate DSL modem, wireless router and DECT cordless base station, which can reduce the cost of home networking. By using the chip, Broadcom says that modem manufacturers can eliminate more than 200 discrete components to streamline the design of IADs and reduce bill of material (BOM) cost by over 50 percent. The availability of more cost effective product designs is expected to further increase demand for wireless gateways - which is expected to represent 73 percent of the ADSL market by 2013, according to Dell'Oro Group industry research.
