BEIJING, March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CCBN 2015 –
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in
semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications,
today announced a new high definition (HD) set-top box (STB)
system-on-chip (SoC) for China's
free-to-air (FTA) satellite market. As the momentum to deploy HD
programming in China increases,
Broadcom's BCM7228 chip enables satellite TV operators to roll out
more advanced services and additional HD satellite broadcast
transmissions through the integration of Audio Video Coding
Standard (AVS+) decompression. For more news, visit Broadcom's
Newsroom.
Broadcom's BCM7228 SoC is compliant with the State
Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) standards for
compression. It also provides state-of-the-art Conditional Access
(CA) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) security to protect the
rights of content providers. Broadcom will demonstrate the BCM7228
HD STB SoC at CCBN in Beijing,
March 26-28.
"Broadcom has developed customized set-top box technology for
operators in China to upgrade
their subscribers to high-definition satellite TV services at
minimal cost," said Dan Marotta,
Broadcom Executive Vice President & General Manager, Broadband
& Connectivity Group. "Our latest offering is a highly secure
chip that supports the advancement of the Chinese satellite TV
market from standard to high definition broadcasts, which is
forecast to grow steadily over the next five years."
Key Features of the BCM7228 SoC
- Reduces design complexity, size and system cost to accelerate
deployment of HD satellite STBs
- Meets network content protection requirements set by SARFT
- 1080p AVS+ decode and display
- High performance CPU and graphics engine
- Over 750 DMIPS application CPU
- Over 300 million pixel/second graphics engine for 2D graphic
acceleration
- Design supports China DTH tuner and demodulator
- 16-bit DDR3 support for optimal cost/performance
technology
Availability
Broadcom's BCM7228 is currently sampling.
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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.
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Communications
408-922-7877
isa@broadcom.com
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Investors
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Andrew
Vice President,
Treasury & Investor Relations
949-926-6932
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Desai
Director, Investor
Relations
949-926-4425
sameerd@broadcom.com
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