IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
News Highlights:
- Broadcom's NFC technology provides high-quality, open software
stack for Android-powered devices
- Vendor-agnostic software gives OEMs freedom to choose preferred
silicon vendor
- NFC inspires wide range of applications including mobile
payments, simplified connectivity and tap-to-share data
transfer
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader
in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications,
today announced the contribution of its NFC software stack to the
Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The software will also be
included in Android 4.2. As the new standard for OEMs looking to
support NFC on Android devices, Broadcom's technology is poised to
gain significant traction. For more news, visit Broadcom's
Newsroom.
Broadcom's software enables an open interface between the NFC
controller and the main application processor by supporting NFC
Forum specifications, including the NFC Controller Interface (NCI),
eliminating proprietary ties between software and hardware. By
contributing its NFC software stack to Android, Broadcom ensures
applications will work across the entire range of future
smartphones and tablets. The BCM20793 NFC chip, based on Broadcom's
proven 40 nanometer IP, will be the first in a family of products
to leverage the Android software stack.
Broadcom NFC software stack advantages:
- For OEMs: by having a vendor-agnostic and open stack,
OEMs now have the freedom to choose their preferred silicon
provider
- For application developers: by moving from proprietary
to open software, developers have more opportunity to create new
applications that will drive broader adoption of NFC
- For consumers: by opening the doors for more NFC
applications, consumers will be able to use their devices in new
and creative ways including retail mobile payments, instant and
secure media sharing between devices and tap-to-stream capability
from a smartphone or tablet to a digital TV
Market Drivers:
- With over 1 million NFC-enabled Android devices activated each
week, Android represents the largest market for NFC
adoption1
- NFC-enabled smartphone shipments are anticipated to increase by
481% from 2012 to 20152
- $116 billion of NFC-enabled
mobile transactions are expected to be completed over the next
three years3
Quote:
Jean-Baptiste Queru, Technical Lead, Android Open Source
Project
"We are delighted to see Broadcom's contribution to Android.
By providing their NCI-based NFC stack to the Android Open Source
Project, they are expanding the choice available to Android OEMs as
they build devices with NFC."
Michael Hurlston, Broadcom SVP
and GM, Wireless Connectivity Combo Group
"NFC represents a huge, industry-wide opportunity and Android
is the ideal environment for evolving this technology and its
applications. Through our proven leadership and deep-seated
connectivity expertise, Broadcom has developed an open stack that
supports all interfaces and replaces existing proprietary
solutions. Broadcom is committed to unleashing the massive
potential for NFC not only in the mobile payments sector, but much
more broadly in gaming, home applications and simplified
device-to-device connections that will allow us to recognize the
full value of NFC."
Resources
1 Google I/O Keynote, Hugo
Barra, director of Android product management, June 2012
2 ABI Research, NFC Market Data, November 2012
3 ABI Research, Mobile Payments, NFC, and Contactless
Convergence Report, October 2012
About Broadcom
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portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded
software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by connecting
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www.broadcom.com.
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