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Broadcom to Use ARM's Cortex-A9 Multiprocessor in Upcoming Mobile Applications

ARM continues to push its technology into the mobile space, as an increasing number of chip makers are licensing the company's solutions for use in some of their upcoming products. The latest to join is Broadcom, one of the industry's leading providers of wired and wireless communications solutions, which h...

28 September 2009
08:17 GMT

3rd-Gen iPod touch Insides Show Camera ‘Spot’

A teardown of the third-generation iPod touch has somewhat confirmed rumors that Apple intended to put cameras in its new iPod-touch lineup, and that the device is likely capable of the new 802.11n standard. iFixit carried out its usual routine and took apart a third-generation iPod touch unit only to find that, &ld...

15 September 2009
05:40 GMT

Apple Releases Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0

Apple has released a new firmware update for Macintosh systems equipped with Bluetooth based on the Broadcom chipset. Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0 is a free download that provides bug fixes and enhanced compatibility with the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard, according to the Mac maker. On the...

18 June 2009
04:05 GMT

Acer Selects Broadcom's Media Accelerator for Aspire One Netbooks

Acer, one of the world's leading vendors of computer systems, has just announced that it has selected Broadcom's latest Crystal HD solution to enable high-quality, high-definition media playback on a new line of ultraportable PCs, part of the company's Aspire One series. With the addition of the new Cr...

2 June 2009
08:49 GMT

Adobe, NVIDIA and Broadcom Bring GPU Acceleration to Flash

For a long time now, NVIDIA has been actively promoting the additional capabilities of its GeForce lineup, bringing GPU acceleration into the mainstream market. One of the most recent examples of the company’s work in the field is the announcement regarding bringing GPU acceleration to one of the most widely us...

2 June 2009
03:52 GMT

Broadcom, Atheros and CSR Announce Support for Bluetooth v3.0

Just recently, Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) has announced the next iteration of the short-range Bluetooth technology dubbed Bluetooth 3.0. The new solution is expected to become commercially available on various devices in the next 9 to 12 months. Following the much anticipated release, member companies, in...

23 April 2009
10:17 GMT

Samsung to Use Broadcom's EDGE Platform in Future Handsets

Broadcom announced recently that its single-chip cellular platform would be included by Samsung in some of its EDGE mobile phones. Broadcom's advanced EDGE platform is built around the BCM21331 single-chip EDGE processor, which is being manufactured under the 65 nanometer (nm) fabrication process and also featur...

11 February 2009
03:08 GMT

Android Will Include Native Support for Combo Chips

Broadcom announced recently that the latest Android operating system featured as a standard component the software in charge with control over its Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM combination solution. This would be the first time the Android platform would have native support for multi-functional wireless connectivity, a solution...

6 February 2009
04:06 GMT

Broadcom Brings 802.11n Wi-Fi Chip with FM Transmitter and Bluetooth Radio Included

Broadcom Corporation, a leading company in semiconductors for wired or unwired technologies, is taking it to the next level with its latest chip development. The new product, the BCM4329, is definitely raising the bar for all other Mobile connectivity developers, simply because this new invention not only delivers co...

9 December 2008
06:26 GMT

Samsung Shifts to Broadcom's Third Generation Blu-ray Chipset

Broadcom, one of the global leaders in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, has recently announced that Samsung, one of the major consumer electronics makers, selected the company's third generation of Blu-ray chipset solution to integrate in Samsung's upcoming lineup of Blu-ray Disc player...

9 December 2008
05:15 GMT

Broadcom Adds Wi-Fi Positioning to Its Chips

Today, Broadcom announced that its portfolio of services would be enriched with a Wi-Fi Positioning System. The company said it would integrate and deploy the Wi-Fi positioning developed by Skyhook Wireless and which can determine position by triangulating nearby cell towers rather than satellite-based GPS.The Assist...

1 October 2008
05:58 GMT

AMD Sells TV Business for a Good $192.8M in Cash

As mentioned in several of our previous articles, Advanced Micro is having a tough time managing its chip business and driving it to profitability, as competitor Intel is gaining ground in several market segments, leaving AMD to make do with the second spot. While the company's graphics chip business is finally ...

26 August 2008
05:51 GMT

Broadcom Might Be Interested in AMD's Consumer Electronics Business

Advanced Micro Devices announced a while ago its plans to sell the "non core" businesses, and the latest news indicates that this may include selling the consumer electronics TV business unit the company acquired back in 2006 together with ATI Technologies. According to an analyst, the possible buyer of the company&#...

1 August 2008
02:57 GMT

Computex 2008: Broadcom Presents New Media PC Technology for Blu-ray Playback

Taking into consideration the fact that Blu-ray won the war on HD format, Broadcom has announced new products capable of enhancing low end computers to playback Blu-ray films, without making buyers empty their pockets. The company stated that its new products would bring Blu-ray playback on those widely spread low pe...

4 June 2008
10:35 GMT

The G45 Stumbles Upon HD Decode Hardware Troubles

Intel's long-awaited G45 chipset is reportedly choking on another problem that might delay its unveiling for a long period of time. This time, the issues are not related to driver support, as in its older brothers' case (G965 and G35), but rather a hardware-related mess up. According to the rumors, the chip...

17 April 2008
06:53 GMT

Microsoft Working on Next-Generation IPTV System-on-a-Chip

Microsoft is hard at work on the development of the Next-Generation IPTV System-on-a-Chip in collaboration with Broadcom. The partnership will result in the interoperability between the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia platform and the Broadcom BCM7405 system on a chip (SOC). According to the Redmond company, ...

7 January 2008
11:00 GMT

Broadcom's Advanced Power Management Unit Used in New Samsung Phone

Broadcom announced that its power management unit is now shipping with the new SGH-J750 mobile phone manufactured by Samsung Electronics. Broadcom's BCM59001 power management unit delivers both optimized system-level power consumption and lower overall system cost in mobile handsets."Broadcom power management te...

8 October 2007
09:55 GMT

12-megapixel Cameras in Mobile Phones. Almost There...

Some new world records are about to be broken in terms of mobile phones and their performances. Broadcom Corporation has just unveiled a processor that should be capable of supporting a large number of great features, including that of delivering a HD camcorder that also provides an up to 12-megapixel digital camera....

5 October 2007
05:29 GMT

Broadcom Announces Advanced Single-Chip GPS Receiver

Broadcom announced its first single-chip GPS receiver, a solution which promises to set new standards in terms of performance and power consumption. The BCM4750 is specially conceived for mobile devices and is expected to provide faster signal searches, accurate real-time navigation, improved tracking sensitivity and...

1 October 2007
10:05 GMT

Broadcom Corporation Joins LiMo Foundation

Broadcom Corporation has recently joined the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo) as an associate member. LiMo was originally formed by NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Motorola Inc., Vodafone plc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. It is chartered to deliver a good open-source Linux platform for mobile phon...

20 September 2007
05:07 GMT

Broadcom's Next Generation of Network Switches

Broadcom Corporation announced the launch of a new generation of wired networking devices, the Gigabit Ethernet switches that are built using the 65 nanometer fabrication process based on a CMOS compatible technology. The networking equipment manufacturing company developed the StrataXGS 200 series which is intended ...

30 August 2007
08:47 GMT

Qualcomm 3G Chips Stay Banned

Qualcomm's request for a stay of the ban for its chips has been dismissed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The situation will go on like this until the presidential review period is over.Things have been going pretty bad for Qualcomm in the last period. Verizon has decided to pay Broadcom to lice...

23 July 2007
02:49 GMT

Broadcom and Verizon Will Offer Mobile Devices Banned by ITC

Broadcom Corporation and Verizon Wireless made public a licensing agreement which allows Verizon to import and sale devices that are currently subject of dispute between Qualcomm Incorporated and Broadcom and have been banned from the U.S. by ITC (International Trade Commission).The licensing agreement enables Verizo...

20 July 2007
09:13 GMT


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