Broadcom BCM4389 Powers the World’s First Wi-Fi 6E Smartphone
January 14 2021 - 12:00PM
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) today announced that the BCM4389 chip
enables the world’s first Wi-Fi 6E phone, the Samsung Galaxy
S21 Ultra. The BCM4389 combines the benefits of the sixth
generation of Wi-Fi with the pristine 6 GHz band to power the
Galaxy S21 Ultra with Wi-Fi speeds over 2 Gbps. The chip also has a
unique multi-radio Bluetooth 5 architecture that supports a premium
audio experience with Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, and Tri-Band
Simultaneous (TBS) connectivity that improves Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
performance and battery utilization.
Wi-Fi 6E, the latest generation of Wi-Fi, delivers multi-gigabit
speeds and millisecond latencies by operating in the 6 GHz band.
Countries, including the United States and South Korea, have
tripled the available Wi-Fi spectrum by opening up 1.2 GHz of
spectrum in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use. This expansion
creates seven additional 160 MHz channels for the BCM4389,
unlocking the value of Wi-Fi 6E for remote work, education,
telemedicine, and gaming. For more information on Wi-Fi 6E, please
visit https://www.broadcom.com/info/wifi6e.
The Broadcom® BCM4389 and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra bring
additional benefits to consumers worldwide. The chip delivers
multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 6 performance in the existing 5 GHz band with
160 MHz capabilities. It also builds on the success of Broadcom’s
Wi-Fi 6 solutions, and instantly benefits from the ecosystem of 400
million Wi-Fi 6 Broadcom-enabled phones, PC, tablets, routers,
enterprise access points, and carrier gateways around the
world.
The BCM4389 was the world’s first Wi-Fi chip authorized by the
FCC to operate in the 6 GHz band. It is also in the first wave of
devices certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for Wi-Fi 6E operation. In
addition to Wi-Fi 6E, Broadcom BCM4389’s TBS connectivity
architecture brings better Wi-Fi QoS, more precise indoor location
accuracy and five times better battery utilization compared to
current flagship connectivity solutions. Its multi-radio Bluetooth
5 architecture creates robust links to audio headsets even in
heavily congested locations like subway stations.
“We are truly excited about this partnership with Broadcom in
bringing a seamless and secure connected experience to our Galaxy
users,” said JM Choi, VP & Head of Convergence Development
Group, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.
“Our joint dedication to a market-leading technology has evolved to
now include Wi-Fi 6E on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, and enables
an unrivalled connectivity experience for Galaxy users to share and
consume content with confidence.”
“We are honored to have collaborated with Samsung to enable the
world’s first Wi-Fi 6E phone,” said Vijay Nagarajan, vice president
of marketing for the Wireless Communications and Connectivity
Division at Broadcom. “Back in 2019, our partnership in launching
Wi-Fi 6 in Samsung Galaxy S10 kick-started a technology transition
that has resulted in around half-a-billion Wi-Fi 6 devices in the
world today. Today, this partnership has made the Samsung Galaxy
S21 Ultra a showcase for the immersive possibilities with Wi-Fi 6E,
and a harbinger for the technological disruptions that await us
with Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band.”
“As the 6 GHz band continues to open up in countries across the
world and as the 5 GHz band becomes increasingly crowded in many
areas, the time to include Wi-Fi 6E in devices is now,” said Phil
Solis, research director at IDC. “Smartphones are both high
data-rate and relatively ubiquitous devices that generally rely on
Wi-Fi connectivity indoors, and their shift to using the 6 GHz band
will have substantial impact on the performance of those devices
and the networks they are on.”
“Wi-Fi Alliance members have mobilized around Wi-Fi 6E in ways
we’ve never seen, recognizing the tremendous latency and
performance benefits devices can deliver to Wi-Fi users,” said
Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. “Broadcom’s
chipset, among the first Wi-Fi 6E certified devices in our
interoperability test bed, that powers Samsung’s Wi-Fi 6E
smartphone demonstrates the industry’s rapid momentum to deliver
Wi-Fi 6E benefits securely and reliably to Wi-Fi users.”
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
The BCM4389 is a smartphone Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5 combo chip.
Key features include:
- Seven Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios
- Support for 2 streams of Wi-Fi 6E
- Multi-Radio Bluetooth 5 with antenna beamforming
- Tri-Band Simultaneous (TBS) architecture including a dedicated
background scan radio for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Simultaneous dual-band operation
- 2.63 Gbps PHY rate
- Operation in 2.4 GHz and 5.1-7.125 GHz unlicensed bands
- 160 MHz channel bandwidth
- 1024-QAM modulation
- OFDMA
- MU-MIMO
For more information on Broadcom BCM4389, please visit
https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-bluetooth/bcm4389
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