Broadcom Honored with Two EDN China Innovation Awards

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Broadcom Honored with Two EDN China Innovation Awards -- IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

News Highlights:

• Broadcom switch innovation recognized in two categories via online vote by EDN China subscribers
• [ Broadcom BCM55030 ], the industry's first 10G EPON ONU SoC, wins 2011 best product
• [ Broadcom StrataXGS BCM56440 switch series ], capable of 1000x more bandwidth, wins 2011 leading product

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: [ BRCM ]), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced that two of its new switch products, both of which can be used for a wide variety of applications including mobile backhaul, have been awarded the coveted 2011 EDN China Innovation Award. Winners were selected by EDN China registered readers via an online vote across nine categories. Experts from China's leading OEM companies, academic institutes, and the EDN China editorial board also took part in the judging process.

Designed to address the increasing bandwidth requirements for next generation fixed and mobile networks, the 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) [ Broadcom® BCM55030 SoC solution ], selected as the 2011 Best Product in the Passive Components and Sensors category, delivers ten times more bandwidth than existing 1G Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) solutions. The high-performance BCM55030 manages simultaneous traffic transport from residences, mission-critical business services, and cell tower backhaul, all over a common fiber infrastructure.

Offering the highest integration in its class, [ the StrataXGS® BCM56440 switch series ] was named a 2011 leading product in the Communication and Networking category. Capable of enabling next-generation mobile backhaul networks to deliver 1000x more bandwidth than legacy time-division multiplexing (TDM) based networks, the Broadcom® BCM56440 dramatically lowers bill-of-material cost while reducing service provider capital expenditure on mobile backhaul equipment by up to 50 percent.  

The [ StrataXGS BCM56440 ] switch series was also named as a EDN Hot 100 Product for 2011 in the [ Communications and Networking ] category. For more information on the 2011 EDN Hot 100 products visit [ http://www.edn.com/article/519946-EDN_Hot_100_products_of_2011.php ].

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Martin Lund, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Network Switch, Broadcom Corporation

"Innovation is at the heart of Broadcom's culture and we are honored to receive such prestigious awards for our network switch innovations. To have been selected by a jury of our peers in multiple categories is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our engineers and demonstrates our commitment and investment in enabling the transformation of the mobile network."

Jeff Lu, Editor-in-Chief, EDN China

"Broadcom is a technology trend setter, widely known for its innovation in the home, hand, and infrastructure.  The unprecedented level of integration found in their award-winning Ethernet switch products enables more features on a smaller footprint, which translates to higher performance and increased bandwidth in the network while lowering costs for both OEMs and end users."

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[ BCM55030 Featured Product Page ]
[ BCM56440 Featured Product Page ]

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About the EDN China Innovation Awards

Now in 7th year edition, EDN China Innovation Awards honor the products and technologies that have shaped the electronics industry over the past year. Originated from Silicon Valley, the EDN Innovation award is now the leading industry award that symbolizes the spirit of innovation in U.S. To encourage the technical innovation in the fast evolving China market, EDN China has collaborated with its global network and introduced the innovation to China since 2005.

About EDN China
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About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: [ BRCM ]), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments. With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by Connecting everything®. For more information, go to [ www.broadcom.com ].

Broadcom®, the pulse logo, StrataXGS, Connecting everything®, and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU.  Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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