New Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Chip Further Enables
Cost-Effective Market Transition to IP Phones
BOSTON, Fall 2005 VON Conference & Expo, Sept. 20
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader
in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced
a new enterprise IP phone chip that incorporates voice security, advanced
quality of service (QoS) and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching, with an
architecture and performance designed for cost-effective mid-range IP phones.
The new single-chip Broadcom(R) BCM1104 enterprise IP phone device complements
the company's industry leading BCM1103 GbE IP phone chip solution for high-end
IP phones that was introduced earlier this year.
"Recognized as the fastest growing enterprise IP phone chip supplier by
IDC, Broadcom offers Gigabit Ethernet IP phone chip solutions that have been
rapidly adopted by nearly every leading enterprise IP phone manufacturer,"
said Patrick Sullivan, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's VoIP
phone products. "Today's announced GbE IP phone chip delivers a market-
leading feature set for cost-sensitive mid-range IP phones that don't require
the highest level of performance. This new chip further strengthens our IP
phone product portfolio, allowing us to offer the widest breadth of IP phone
devices for a range of market requirements while continuing to distance us
from our nearest competitor."
"Broadcom's comprehensive VoIP chip portfolio has the company well-
positioned for continued growth and market share gain," said Norm Bogen,
Director of networking at In-Stat. "The addition of a new mid-range VoIP
processor to its product line-up demonstrates that the company understands the
needs of both the enterprise and small business segments and has solutions and
feature sets specific to each of these growing markets."
Product Information
Announced today is the BCM1104 IP phone chip, representing the second
silicon device in Broadcom's family of Gigabit Ethernet IP phone chips. The
new solution is based on a single RISC CPU with specialized digital signal
processing (DSP) enhancements to achieve high levels of system-on-a-chip (SoC)
integration with performance optimized specifically for voice processing
requirements. The BCM1104 enables manufacturers to build IP phones with
essential features that support advanced QoS including best-in-class voice
quality, as well as guaranteed voice security, and custom features such as
productivity applications and web services.
As part of this high level of integration, the BCM1104 chip incorporates
Broadcom BroadSAFE(TM) security technology that enables the secure
transmission of voice packets without burdening the device's RISC CPU. This
enables the CPU to provide processing cycles for other applications resulting
in faster system performance. The BCM1104's hardware security module performs
voice encryption and authentication while creating a unique identifier that is
embedded in each BCM1104 chip. This makes the BCM1104 and the IP phone in
which it resides virtually impossible to decode or hack, since every phone in
the network is given a unique identity. These advanced security features
allow IT managers to maintain the integrity of corporate voice communications
while accounting for all IP phone users in the network.
The BCM1104 also integrates a Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) switch
and two Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) transceivers, allowing for the development
of traditional Fast Ethernet IP phone designs without the additional cost of
adding external transceivers. Using external GbE transceivers, manufacturers
can easily upgrade their products to GbE IP phone models now or in the future.
As networks migrate to Gigabit Ethernet, it will become essential for IP
phones to operate at the same speed. This capability is especially critical
in office environments where the IP phone resides between the network
connection and the PC. and its integrated Ethernet switch (two external ports)
supports both voice calls through the phone and data traffic to the PC using
one Ethernet connection to each office.
The BCM1104's high-performance RISC processor is optimized to support
Broadcom's field-proven PhonexChange(TM) IP telephony software suite.
PhonexChange is the software platform used across all of Broadcom's IP phone
solutions, allowing existing phone customers to leverage current software
development investments, which in turn, minimizes time-to-market and
development risks when designing in the BCM1104. The PhonexChange suite
supports a wide variety of narrowband and wideband voice coders, including
Broadcom's high-fidelity BroadVoice(R) coder, a high quality full-duplex
speakerphone algorithm, advanced jitter buffer management and packet loss
concealment techniques, conferencing support, and a complete library of
standard telephony algorithms required for IP phone designs.
The new chip further integrates a variety of IP phone peripherals,
including wideband-capable analog codecs (coder/decoder) with integrated
amplifiers, and provides flexible interfaces for external peripherals and
memory types. This high level of integration reduces IP phone bill of
material (BOM) costs and enables phone vendors to build scalable IP phone
solutions using a single architecture.
Pricing and Availability
The BCM1104 is sampling today and is supported by the latest version of
PhonexChange, which is also now shipping. The chip is available in a 420-pin
PBGA lead-free package and is priced at $15 quantities of 10,000 units.
To assist IP phone manufacturers in bringing IP phone products to market
more quickly, Broadcom has developed BCM9110x IP phone reference design
platforms. These platforms include a complete GbE IP phone reference design
board that allows developers to utilize all of the features of the BCM1104.
The reference board includes a housing that features a large graphics display
and comes with Broadcom's PhonexChange firmware and example application code.
Broadcom's Leadership Position in Voice IP Silicon Solutions
Broadcom's IP phone chips are the most advanced solutions in the industry,
offering a range of both high-end, mid-range, and basic voice and data
capabilities. These chips, combined with industry leading physical layer
(PHY) technology, proven security and best-in-class voice quality, are
enabling manufacturers to deliver economical solutions for migrating
businesses to complete IP telephony systems.
Broadcom's VoIP solutions are shipping in volume production today to
leading manufacturers worldwide for deployment in enterprise IP phones,
residential terminal adapters, voice-enabled cable and DSL residential
gateways worldwide and Wi-Fi(R) phones. According to IDC's "Worldwide VoIP
Semiconductor 2004 Vendor Market Shares" report, Broadcom captured 38 percent
of the IP phone chip market and was the only company that gained market share
in 2004.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a global leader in wired and wireless broadband
communications semiconductors. Our products enable the convergence of high-
speed data, high definition video, voice and audio at home, in the office and
on the go. Broadcom provides manufacturers of computing and networking
equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile
devices with the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-
a-chip and software solutions. These solutions support our core mission:
Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies,
with annual revenue of more than $2 billion. The company is headquartered in
Irvine, Calif., with offices and research facilities in North America, Asia
and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at
http://www.broadcom.com.
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Broadcom Trade Press Contact
Jeremy Hyatt
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949-926-5971
jhyatt@broadcom.com
Broadcom Investor Relations Contact
T. Peter Andrew
Sr. Director, Investor Relations
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Broadcom Technical Contact
Randal Hrytzak
Product Line Manager, VoIP
604-233-8600
randalh@broadcom.com
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CONTACT:
Broadcom Trade Press, Jeremy Hyatt, Corporate
Communications Manager, +1-949-926-5971, jhyatt@broadcom.com, or
Broadcom Investor Relations, T. Peter Andrew, Sr. Director,
Investor Relations, +1-949-926-5663, andrewtp@broadcom.com, or
Broadcom Technical, Randal Hrytzak, Product Line Manager, VoIP,
+1-604-233-8600, randalh@broadcom.com
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