BROADCOM DELIVERS EURODOCSIS CABLE MODEM ON A CHIP.

Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM), a provider of integrated circuits enabling high-speed broadband communications to and throughout the home and business, announced the launch of the industry's most advanced single-chip EuroDOCSIS cable modem. This integrated chip is a critical step in enabling cost-effective EuroDICSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) cable modems capable of delivering broadband voice, video and data into and throughout the home and office.

The Broadcom BCM3350 QAMLink Cable Modem chip has been engineered to support both the EuroDOCSIS and North American DOCSIS standards, allowing cable modem equipment manufacturers and European cable operators significant cost savings and time-to-market advantages. Broadcom's early support of the EuroDOCSIS standard has been validated by the strong participation of many other cable industry leaders at the initial phase of interoperability testing recently held at Ghent University. Interoperability of EuroDOCSIS modems will lead to the distribution of cable modems through retail channels. The key difference between the EuroDOCSIS and the North American DOCSIS standard is a change in the physical layer to support the European cable Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) specifications. According to the European Telecommunications Over Cable Operators Forum (TOCOF), major European cable operators that have endorsed the EuroDOCSIS standards represent over 12 million subscriber homes in Europe, with plans to deploy 650,000 cable modems in 2000, and 2.3 million cable modems by 2002.

The BCM3350 reduces cable modem cost and complexity by integrating into a single chip all of the major silicon components required for a cable modem.