IRVINE, Calif., June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
News Highlights:
- Strategic relationship with Avnet allows Broadcom to serve a
much broader customer base
- Delivers best-in-class power consumption via Energy Efficient
Ethernet and design optimization
- First Gigabit Ethernet cards to support 16 queues per port,
raising the bar on virtualization performance
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader
in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications,
today announced the addition of two NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
(GbE) adapter cards to its distribution channel portfolio. With
more than 600 million Ethernet controllers shipped to date, the
availability of Broadcom's field-proven NetXtreme technology
through Avnet's vast distribution channel will further drive
market-leading features and capabilities into the data center. For
more news, visit Broadcom's Newsroom.
Previously available only to Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs), the dual-port and quad-port Ethernet adapter cards provide
value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators and direct market
resellers (DMRs) with a highly integrated, low power, energy
efficient platform optimized to meet current and next-generation
data-center requirements. Ideal for high-transaction environments
requiring greater small packet performance, the NetXtreme GbE
adapter cards provide full line-rate performance across all ports,
and reduce adapter power consumption.
The NetXtreme GbE adapter cards leverage Broadcom's rich
Ethernet intellectual property vault in switches and physical layer
transceivers (PHYs) to ensure end-to-end interoperability and
robustness of both hardware and software across the entire data
center.
"As data center networks continue to be re-architected to meet
heavier demands on latency, flexibility, performance and
manageability, OEMs, VARs, system integrators and DMRs are moving
to a highly resilient, virtualized approach," said Vincent Brocato, Broadcom Senior Director,
Global Channel. "By making our unique NetXtreme board level
products available to a broader customer base, we are rounding out
our data center ecosystem, while at the same time deepening our
commitment to the rapidly advancing networking community."
"Together, Avnet and Broadcom offer a scalable sales model that
provides the structure and community ecosystem needed to meet
increasing demand from thousands of distribution partners seeking
access to Broadcom's market-leading Ethernet products," said
Joseph Cousins, Vice President,
Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, Global Computing Components.
"By leveraging Avnet's vast distribution capabilities, Broadcom is
able to serve a much broader customer base, while providing a
growing number of channel partners with assured interoperability
and OS support."
In addition to its portfolio of turnkey hardware and software
platforms, Broadcom has invested in lowering the barrier to
engagement through its comprehensive online support portal and
support community. Moderated by Broadcom experts, each of the
focused online communities is structured to provide developers with
a collaborative environment to share ideas, solve challenges and
advance product development. Join the conversation at
http://community.broadcom.com/welcome.
NetXtreme Key Features
- I/O Virtualization supported with 16 receive and transmit
queues per port
- Bidirectional line-rate performance across all ports
- Broad OS and hypervisor support
- Link aggregation and automatic load-balancing
- Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) management
application
Availability
Broadcom's NetXtreme adapters are immediately available through
Avnet. Visit avnetexpress.com/ to learn more.
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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 one of the industry's broadest
portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solutions, Broadcom
is changing the world by connecting everything®. For more
information, go to www.broadcom.com.
Broadcom®, the pulse logo,
NetXtreme®, 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.
Contacts
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Press
Tamara
Snowden
Director,
Communications
408-922-6505
tamaras@broadcom.com
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Investors
T. Peter
Andrew
Vice President,
Treasury & Investor Relations
949-926-6932
andrewtp@broadcom.com
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Sameer
Desai
Director, Investor
Relations
949-926-4425
sameerd@broadcom.com
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SOURCE Broadcom Corporation; BRCM Infrastructure