Broadcom introduces world's first single chip IAD with Integrated ADSL2+, 802.11n and DECT for triple play broadband

Global semiconductors maker for for wired and wireless communications Broadcom Corporation today announced its first single chip broadband integrated access device (IAD) integrating high performance ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN), along with Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and voice over IP (VoIP) for IADs and high-end residential gateways.

This new IAD solution provides OEMs with the lowest component count, size, power and cost, and enables 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 integrated DSL+WLAN solution eliminates the need for consumers to purchase a separate DSL modem, wireless router and DECT cordless base station, significantly reducing the cost of home networking.

Broadcom has developed several innovative combination ('combo') chips that integrate multiple technologies onto a single monolithic silicon die, thus, enabling smaller and more efficient devices with a rich set of features. The new Broadcom BCM6362 is the first chip to combine the company's industry-leading ADSL2+ and Wi-Fi technologies.

By using the new combo chip, 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 per cent. The availability of more cost effective product designs is expected to further increase demand for wireless gateways – which is expected to represent 73 per cent of the ADSL market by 2013, according to Dell'Oro Group industry research.

''The highly integrated BCM6362 ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN solution reaffirms that Broadcom is at the forefront of broadband system-on-chip integration technology, enabling 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.