Broadcom Announces Industry’s First Cable

Broadcom Corporation ,a global leader in semiconductors for wired and
wireless communications, today announced two new cable set-top box
(STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that address the growing demand
for digital cable services in China.

These cable STB solutions feature the industry's first integrated high
performance DVB-C cable tuner developed in 65 nanometer (nm)
technology, and with integrated advanced security and sophisticated
power management, enable manufacturers to develop next generation,
cost effective and power efficient STBs. For interactive applications,
one solution - the BCM7003 - includes a 10/100 Fast Ethernet media
access controller (MAC) that enables two-way interactive services such
as video-on-demand (VoD), digital video recorder (DVR) functionality
and Internet browsing. Broadcom's new STB SoC solutions will be
demonstrated at this week's China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN)
Conference in Broadcom's booth #3501.
According to In-Stat market research, the transition to digital cable
TV in China entered its fifth phase in mid-2008 and continues to
rapidly proceed in virtually all areas of the country. More than 37
million people subscribe to digital cable in China and more than 70
municipalities have completed their upgrade to digital services. With
phenomenal growth (total STB shipments reached 11 million units by
mid-2008 doubling 2007 shipments), new STB technology continues to be
required for Chinese cable operators as they continue to upgrade their
networks for two-way operation to enable the deployment of advanced
services such as VoD, DVR and Internet browsing.

"With more than 150 cities throughout China working toward two-way
network upgrades, the market potential is enormous for interactive
services over cable," said Michael Zhang, Analyst for In-Stat. "The
number of Chinese digital cable subscribers is projected to reach 135
million by 2013 with set-top box revenue in China expected to peak at
$1.3 billion (USD) in 2011."

To meet this burgeoning market opportunity, the company announces the
Broadcom(R) BCM7003 interactive two-way standard definition (SD) cable
solution (with 10/100 Ethernet and USB 2.0 DVR functionality) and the
Broadcom BCM7004 SD basic cable solution. Both single-chip solutions
are targeted for the digital cable TV market in China, as well as
supporting worldwide cable standards for the world's set-top box
markets including India, Europe, Latin America, South America and
Asia. Both solutions include the industry's first 65nm enhanced
performance DVB-C tuner with a 64-1024 QAM demodulator, advanced
security transport processor and MPEG-2 A/V decoder and graphics
engine.

Both the BCM7003 and BCM7004 include proven advanced security
capabilities and feature a toolkit of security components to meet a
wide range of smart card-based and card-less conditional access system
requirements. The chip solutions are permanently factory-programmed
with a unique identification and security configuration where they can
be managed and utilized as part of advanced security policies.