Broadcom Acquires Sunext Design, Inc. for Optical Drive Technologies to Enable Single-Chip High Definition Blu-ray Disc® Players and Recorders

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has acquired Sunext Design, Inc. ("Sunext Design"), a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Sunext Technology Company Limited ("Sunext Technology"), and has licensed certain optical disk reader and writer technology from Sunext Technology. Sunext Technology is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company that specializes in optical storage technologies.

High definition optical disc players are emerging as a popular platform for in-home entertainment worldwide by combining the benefits of a high definition viewing experience with the convenience and familiarity of DVD media. Sunext single-chip front-end technology is a strong complement to the industry-leading Broadcom® system-on-a-chip (SoC) back-end Blu-ray Disc® platform, and key to an integration roadmap that will drive the cost of these devices down to levels that enable widespread consumer adoption of high definition optical disc players and recorders.

With the increasing adoption of full high definition 1080p digital televisions, and with the consumer electronics and media industries now united behind the Blu-ray Disc high definition DVD standard, demand for these high definition players and recorders is expected to increase significantly. As the market grows, manufacturers will strive to reduce prices by adopting optimized SoC solutions that integrate front-end and back-end functions. Broadcom, a leader in integrating advanced functionality, is responding to this trend by acquiring rights to the most highly integrated optical disc front-end technology available. The addition of Sunext's leading technology, along with the experienced engineering team from Sunext Design that can continue to enhance those technologies, will enable Broadcom to derive significant time to market advantages in the development of these highly integrated solutions.

"To further the widespread adoption of high definition Blu-ray Disc media players, it is imperative to have cost-effective, complete silicon solutions, and the acquisition by Broadcom of Sunext Design and license of its associated technology puts Broadcom firmly ahead in the race to offer a complete Blu-ray solution," said Michelle Abraham, Principal Analyst at In-Stat. "The merging of these technologies will help drive down the costs of next-generation Blu-ray Disc players and enable OEMs to deliver products that meet the price points required for mass adoption by consumers."

"The technology that will win the market share battle for Blu-ray Disc players and recorders will be the one that provides the highest quality audio and video processing while integrating the most advanced front-end and back- end functions into a single low cost device," said Dan Marotta, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group. "Sunext's technology and strong engineering team will enable Broadcom to

integrate optical reader/writer capability into our industry leading Blu-ray Disc silicon solutions."

"Broadcom's strong position in the Blu-ray Disc player and other home digital multimedia market segments makes it an ideal partner for Sunext Technology, making our optical technologies available to an existing customer base that is demanding integrated, high performance yet low cost solutions," said Dr. Phil Mak, President of Sunext Technology. "Armed with our robust solution, Broadcom will help drive the next evolution of these devices to the digital home while Sunext continues to deliver products to our customers and core markets."

Sunext Design, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a highly experienced design team.

In connection with the transaction, which closed on Friday, February 29th, 2008, Broadcom will pay up to $48 million in cash in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Sunext Design's capital stock and for the license rights granted by Sunext Technology. A portion of the consideration payable to the stockholders of Sunext Design will be placed into escrow pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement, and a substantial portion of the consideration payable to Sunext Technology for the license rights is subject to the achievement of certain deliverables post-closing. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction. Broadcom may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses related to the acquisition in its first quarter. The amount of that charge, if any, has not yet been determined.

About Sunext Technology Company Limited

Sunext Technology Company Limited, with headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is privately held and a leading supplier of semiconductor products for Optical Disc Drive (ODD) applications. Sunext was formed in 2003 to capitalize on global demand for ODD silicon and operates design centers in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Taipei, Taiwan; Sunnyvale, USA; Eindhoven, The Netherlands and Shanghai, PRC. For further information visit the Sunext website at: www.sunext.com

About Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group

Broadcom offers manufacturers a range of broadband communications and consumer electronics SoCs that enable voice, video and data services over residential wired and wireless networks. These highly integrated silicon solutions continue to enable the most advanced system solutions on the market, which include digital cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes and media servers, broadband modems and residential gateways, high definition and digital televisions, Blu-ray Disc players, DVD recorders and personal video recorders.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 2,500 U.S. and 1,100 foreign patents, more than 7,400 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

Broadcom Announces High Definition PVR Satellite System-on-a-Chip Solution for Direct Broadcast Satellite Set-Top Boxes

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite set-top box solution that enables manufacturers to develop low cost satellite set-top boxes (STBs) with personal video recorder (PVR) functionality.
The new Broadcom® satellite system-on-a-chip (SoC) is manufactured in 65 nanometer (nm) process technology that features the highest level of functionality, fully integrating a dual tuner/demodulator, and the latest generation of AVC (advanced video coding) decoder that supports multiple video formats. By reducing the number of components required to develop satellite set-top box products, Broadcom has reduced power consumption by more than 50% over competing solutions, lowering system bill of materials (BOM) cost while reducing the complexity and size of designing next generation satellite STBs with watch-and-record capabilities.

Announced today is the single-chip BCM7335 satellite SoC set-top box solution with PVR functionality that supports worldwide standards for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) set-top boxes based on DVB-S2, DVB-S and 8PSK, and is backward compatible with the DVB-S standards. Built around previous generations of Broadcom digital cable and satellite STB chips and technology, service providers that deploy set-top boxes designed around the BCM7335 can cost effectively provide their subscribers with advanced HD television viewing features, improved picture quality and PVR functionality.

"The BCM7335 offers the highest level of integration in a single chip that enables service providers to offer advanced features, such as watch-and-record functionality, to their subscribers to enhance the viewing experience," said Nicholas Dunn, Director of Marketing for Broadcom's Satellite Set-Top Box line of business. "With this new SoC, coupled with our successful 65 nanometer process technology, Broadcom continues to fuel the technical innovation in the satellite industry and highly integrated single-chip solutions that reduce power, PCB size, complexity and overall system cost."

"With the expanding number of HDTV channels being delivered by satellite pay-TV providers, it has become essential for them to continue offering advanced STBs with robust features and improved functionality as a differential advantage," said Michael Inouye, Research Analyst at In-Stat. "Broadcom's BCM7335 with PVR functionality, and higher capacities enabled by 8PSK modulation, is one of those SoCs well suited for more efficient HD channel delivery and widespread adoption."

Technical Information

The BCM7335 is Broadcom's next generation satellite set-top box system on a single chip manufactured in the 65nm process. It integrates a dual tuner/demodulator from the BCM4506 front-end device and the latest generation of AVC decoders that supports multiple video formats.

It operates on a dual-threaded MIPS® CPU core running at 450 MHz resulting in over 950 DMIPS in performance. The BCM7335 is designed to support UMA and non-UMA memory architectures, utilizing a 400-MHz clock, 32 + 16-bit wide double date rate (DDR2) memory interface for enhanced performance and allows cost effective memory implementations.

The BCM7335 supports several interfaces for TV output on-chip that is integrated on-chip including the HDMI, baseband composite, component or S-Video, and incorporates Broadcom's advanced 2D graphics engine that enables true studio-quality text and graphics, efficiently using its memory and bandwidth.

The BCM7335 is designed using the 65 nanometer process -- the most advanced lithographic node for manufacturing semiconductors in large volumes today that provides significant benefits over 90nm and 130nm processes by enabling lower power consumption, smaller size and higher levels of integration. For Broadcom, the move to 65 nanometer process technology is changing the competitive landscape because of the breadth and depth of the communications intellectual property the company possesses. Without a broad portfolio of market-leading solutions to integrate, competitors are not able to take full advantage of the benefits that these next generation processes provide.

Availability and Pricing

The BCM7335 high definition PVR satellite SoC is sampling to early access customers. Pricing is available upon request for manufacturers of satellite TV set-top boxes.

Broadcom also makes available to early access customers a fully supported reference design (BCM97335) that ensures cost efficient design and manufacturing, and faster time-to-market. The BCM97335 reference design is a development platform for set-top box design based on the BCM7335 and is available with complete software source code, schematics and Gerber files, and provides detailed design information for manufacturers of satellite TV set-top box terminals.

About Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group

Broadcom offers manufacturers a range of broadband communications and consumer electronics SoCs that enable voice, video and data services over residential wired and wireless networks. These highly integrated silicon solutions continue to enable the most advanced system solutions on the market, which include digital cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes and media servers, broadband modems and residential gateways, high definition and digital televisions, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc® players, DVD recorders and personal video recorders.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2006 revenue of $3.67 billion, and holds over 2,300 U.S. and 1,000 foreign patents, more than 7,100 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video and data.

Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com.

Broadcom to Acquire Global Locate, Inc., a Provider of Industry-Leading GPS Chips and Software

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Global Locate, Inc., a privately-held, fabless provider of industry-leading global positioning system (GPS) and assisted GPS (A-GPS) semiconductor products and software. GPS is expected to join Bluetooth® and similar wireless technologies as a pervasive feature in next generation mobile devices. Global Locate's semiconductor solutions are used in mobile phones from leading cellular handset makers and incorporated into products from TomTom NV, the largest personal navigation device (PND) vendor in the world.

GPS products and location based services (LBS) are increasing in popularity with consumers and cellular service providers as both take advantage of the ability to identify exact geographical location by means of faint radio signals transmitted from a system of orbiting satellites. Growing consumer interest in these applications is driving the GPS chip market, which is expected to grow to $1.07 billion annually by 2012 according to market research firm Forward Concepts. The latest generation of PNDs provides location, points of interest and turn-by-turn navigation, features that are attracting increasing adoption among consumers. Cellular service providers also plan to incorporate GPS chips in mobile phones to meet government regulations for emergency 911 calls and to increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) with location based services.

Broadcom expects the demand for GPS devices to increase dramatically as the deployment of GPS in mobile phones increases. Combining Global Locate's GPS technology with Broadcom's leading Bluetooth, Wi-Fi®, cellular and other mobile technologies will provide leading handset makers with wireless connectivity solutions that add significant value to feature and smart phone products.

Global Locate has focused on GPS chip and navigation technology since it was founded in 1999. The company is currently producing its third generation of GPS chips and has developed a worldwide GPS reference network that provides assistance data to its A-GPS-equipped chips via cellular data channels (GPRS or 3G), boosting performance and reducing the time required to determine a location by up to 100 times.

"With the acquisition of Global Locate, Broadcom will be the only semiconductor supplier in the world with top-tier customers in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM radio and GPS, four of the key wireless technologies now being added to next generation mobile phones," said Robert A. Rango, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Wireless Connectivity Group. "We are also pleased to add Global Locate's strong patent portfolio of over 175 issued and pending U.S. and foreign patents to our already robust patent portfolio."

"The combination of Global Locate's navigation expertise with Broadcom's well-known leadership in CMOS RF technology will enable Broadcom to develop a new generation of standalone GPS chips as well as GPS chips that incorporate other wireless standards, accelerating the adoption of GPS into all sorts of consumer devices," said Scott D. Pomerantz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Locate. "Joining with Broadcom and its leading position in wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, we can accelerate the penetration of Global Locate's GPS technology into mobile phones and at the same time accelerate the penetration of Broadcom's other wireless products into personal navigation devices."

Product Details

Global Locate's solutions are ideal for high volume GPS-enabled products like PNDs and cellular phone handsets where navigation performance and high sensitivity needs are coupled with requirements for low power consumption and small form factors. While many existing GPS solutions consist of two separate chips, a separate baseband and radio, Global Locate has integrated both into a single-chip CMOS product.

Global Locate offers products specifically optimized to add GPS cost effectively as a feature in devices such as mobile phones. In cellular applications where a wireless network connection is available, Global Locate's products can also access assistance data to enable more rapid "time to fix" performance. For example, traditional GPS can take as long as several minutes to determine location in the best conditions, but with Global Locate's assistance data, that time can be reduced to just a few seconds.

The acquisition also includes Global Locate's innovative World Wide Reference Network (WWRN) providing real time A-GPS data as well as Long-Term Orbit (LTO) solutions to provide assistance even when a network connection is not available. Several carriers, including one of the most widely used A-GPS networks in North America, have adopted Global Locate's A-GPS server solution to provide location based services, which dramatically increases their revenue per usage metrics.

Broadcom's Wireless Connectivity Group has been one of the company's fastest growing businesses over the last three years. This growth has been driven by the adoption of Bluetooth in mobile phones, the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology in the home, and the expansion of Voice over IP (VoIP) services by telecommunications carriers. Broadcom anticipates that GPS will be a significant growth driver for its wireless connectivity business as GPS is adopted in mobile phones and other consumer devices.

Transaction Details

In connection with the acquisition, Broadcom expects to pay approximately $146 million net in cash at closing in exchange for all outstanding shares of capital stock and other rights of Global Locate. A portion of the consideration payable to the stockholders of Global Locate will be placed into escrow pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement. Additional consideration of up to $80 million in cash will be reserved for future payment to the former holders of Global Locate capital stock and other rights upon satisfaction of certain performance goals. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the merger. The closing, which is expected to occur during Broadcom's third quarter ending September 30, remains subject to customary closing conditions. Broadcom may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses when the closing occurs. The amount of that charge, if any, has not yet been determined.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2006 revenue of $3.67 billion, and holds over 2,000 U.S. and 800 foreign patents, more than 6,000 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video and data.

Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com

About Global Locate, Inc.

Global Locate, Inc. is a privately-held company that provides GPS semiconductor products and software for mobile phones, personal navigation devices and networks. The company has more than 175 U.S. & foreign patents issued or pending relating to GPS and assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology, and its product suite includes Hammerhead®, the world's first commercial single-die GPS receiver. Global Locate is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with offices in the New York metropolitan area, Tokyo, Taipei and Madrid.

BRCM: Broadcom Establishes Mobile Technology Leadership with World's First 65nm and Smallest EDGE Transceiver

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced the industry's first 65 nanometer EDGE radio frequency (RF) transceiver. Designed as a monolithic die in pure digital CMOS process technology, this new Broadcom® device integrates all transceiver and analog baseband functionality to deliver unparalleled savings in power consumption, size and cost. Introduction of this product marks a significant milestone for the wireless industry, as Broadcom applies years of research and development and extensive expertise in CMOS radio devices to the cellular market to forge an integration path towards a monolithic EDGE system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.

EDGE is currently operating on nearly 200 networks worldwide and represents the next step on the evolutionary path to third generation (3G) cellular services. With data rates up to three times the capacity of old GPRS networks, EDGE allows the delivery of advanced mobile services such as the downloading of video and music clips, full multimedia messaging, high-speed color Internet access and email on-the-go. According to the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association), most GPRS networks will convert to EDGE as part of the evolution to 3G, with 258 networks in 136 countries committed to deploying EDGE. Of those networks, 196 are commercial in 105 countries. According to market research firm iSupply, EDGE represents the single largest segment of the mobile phone market with 470 million units expected to ship in 2010. Additionally, market analysts expect the standalone RF transceiver market to approach $6 billion by 2010.

"With the introduction of our new EDGE transceiver, we are taking the next big step towards fulfilling Broadcom's vision of a complete mobile platform solution," said Charlie Wilcoxson, Senior Director of Broadcom's Cellular RF line of business. "Broadcom has proven its industry-leading expertise in pure digital CMOS radio design with leadership in both the Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® markets, having shipped hundreds of millions of high performance CMOS radios into the most demanding consumer and enterprise products. We are now poised to extend this leadership into the cellular radio market by offering our customers the industry's most advanced EDGE transceiver and providing a solid migration path to 3G."

With a goal to capitalize on the widespread transition to EDGE networks, Broadcom today announces the BCM2085 EDGE cellular RF transceiver. This highly integrated single-chip solution is designed in a 65nm CMOS process that delivers the industry's lowest power consumption (helping to extend battery life), as well as the lowest bill of materials (BoM) cost. Combining low power, high integration and low cost, the BCM2085 is compatible with all DigRF-compliant basebands, enabling lower cost and reducing the RF board area by more than 50 percent for EDGE mobile devices.

Technical Information

The BCM2085 EDGE transceiver draws upon Broadcom's extensive experience in pure digital CMOS radio design to deliver outstanding RF performance while achieving both low cost and low power consumption. The highly integrated transceiver also includes the analog baseband and DigRF interface. A novel polar transmit architecture is employed to provide low transmit power, eliminate any filters in the transmit path and use standard linear power amplifiers readily available from multiple sources. The receiver is based on a proven low-IF architecture providing suppression of DC offsets, avoiding the issues related to direct conversion receivers and simplifying integration with basebands.

The transceiver also includes Broadcom's proprietary SmartRadio™ technology, which employs continuous real-time calibration techniques. SmartRadio delivers superior radio performance in a pure digital CMOS process without baseband intervention, enabling RF performance typically previously achieved only by radios that use more expensive specialty silicon processes. Broadcom's SmartRadio technology was originally developed and deployed in the company's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, which have been field proven in hundreds of millions of transceivers for over 5 years. As a result, the BCM2085 will accelerate customers' time to market by simplifying design while ensuring a robust solution for manufacturing.

Availability

Samples of the quad-band Broadcom BCM2085 EDGE RF transceiver are available this month. Housed in a 4mm x 4mm BGA package, the BCM2085 is priced at $5.00 in volume quantities of 100,000 units or more.

BRCM: Broadcom Announces a Complete Portfolio of New Solutions for Bluetooth Wireless Headsets

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new advanced silicon and software platform that significantly improves the user experience of wireless mono and stereo headsets. Based on Broadcom's field-proven Bluetooth® technology, the audio portfolio features two new single-chip solutions that support Bluetooth Version 2.0 with EDR (upgradeable to Bluetooth Version 2.1) and Broadcom's innovative SmartAudio™ sound enhancement technology. Targeting the greater than 80 million unit Bluetooth headset market(1), the new Broadcom® solutions enables the development of complete lines of high- and low-end headsets with sleek form factors, longer battery life and an improved audio experience.
"This new product targets the second largest application in the Bluetooth market and it provides an opportunity to drive further growth within this segment," said Celeste Crystal, Senior Research Analyst, Semiconductors at IDC. "As Bluetooth headsets continue to grow in popularity, form factor and sound quality will continue to convince consumers of the benefits of the wireless hands-free experience."

Previously existing Bluetooth headset silicon solutions suffered from inconsistent radio performance and inadequate power management, as well as excessive external circuitry and bulky batteries, while providing a disappointing audio experience (unless supplemented with complex and expensive external components). These limitations often resulted in unsatisfying headset size, weight, style and sound quality.

To address these shortcomings, Broadcom today announced its all-new Bluetooth audio portfolio that features two new chips optimized for high-end and basic headsets (the BCM2047 and BCM2044), its new SmartAudio voice clarity technology, and a specially tuned version of Broadcom's BTE Bluetooth software. Broadcom's mature Bluetooth technology has shipped in hundreds of millions of units and includes the highest performing radio and baseband technology, which resists interference from other devices and "blocking" by the human body that results in degraded radio performance. The power-efficient architecture extends talk and standby time and features many levels of software programmability with an ARM® architecture and tools to enable unique features for product differentiation.

"To achieve this breakthrough in audio clarity and quality, we've leveraged unique technologies from our deep communications portfolio, which, coupled with our considerable expertise in Bluetooth, has resulted in a powerful new platform that addresses existing audio headset deficiencies," said Scott Bibaud, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Wireless Personal Area Networking line of business. "By enabling smaller form factors, longer battery-life and significantly improved audio performance with the most cost effective bill of materials, Broadcom is enabling breakthrough wireless headsets and audio products."

DSP-Enhanced Solution for Premium Sound Quality

Broadcom's BCM2047 includes the industry's most powerful multi-core architecture for Bluetooth audio products enabling premium headset products. This device features unparalleled integration to achieve a truly single-chip headset, featuring an integrated digital signal processor (DSP) for premium sound quality. The audio processing capabilities of the BCM2047 are powered by an ARM® AudioDE™ data engine - a high-performance, industry standard DSP. With sufficient performance to easily handle stereo and audio, compression algorithms (i.e. SBC, MP3 and AAC), the DSP architecture is optimized for Broadcom's SmartAudio technology to achieve superior voice quality delivering a superior user experience for headset prodcuts.

Cost-Optimized ROM-Based Alternative

For basic audio headsets that don't require extensive feature programmability, the BCM2044 is an ideal choice. This ROM-based, single-chip Bluetooth device includes many of the benefits of the BCM2047 at significantly lower cost. Featuring the same low-power Bluetooth radio and high quality audio architecture as the BCM2047, the BCM2044 also integrates a full feature power management unit including comprehensive safety circuitry. The BCM2044 enables low cost headsets with the same range and power management capabilities as those based on the BCM2047, with no compromise in audio quality.

SmartAudio Voice Enhancement Technology

Broadcom's new audio platform features SmartAudio technology, a proprietary sound and voice enhancement technology that provides breakthrough performance, significantly improves audio quality in noisy environments by reducing background noise by 95%, and enables unique form factor designs with minimal unwanted acoustic echo. The platform also includes Broadcom's new BTE Audio software stack optimized for audio applications. Because the BTE Audio stack is derived from the widely used BTE-Mobile and BTW stacks in mobile phones and PCs, interoperability with Bluetooth audio sources is well proven and widely tested for interoperability. Broadcom also offers the easy to use BTE Insight Tool for Audio Software Development Environment, allowing customers to get to market quickly with added differentiation. The software features portability between the BCM2047 and BCM2044 chips, enabling developers to leverage software development across different products.

Availability and Pricing

Broadcom's new audio portfolio is now sampling to early access customers. The new platform also features development kits and reference designs. Demonstrations of the technology were held at the recent CES show and will appear at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress.



(1) IMS Research estimate for 2007

Jury Finds Broadcom Does Not Infringe 2 Qualcomm Patents,Recommends Findings That Qualcomm Engaged in Inequitable Conduct and Abused Industry Standard

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, announced that afternoon a federal jury in San Diego found that the company had not infringed two patents for digital video compression owned by Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM).
The nine member U.S. District Court jury reached its unanimous verdict after six hours of deliberation, rejecting Qualcomm's claims of infringement following a nine day trial that included testimony from multiple experts as well as the companies' chairmen, Broadcom co-founder Dr. Henry Samueli and Qualcomm co-founder Dr. Irwin Jacobs.

In addition to finding the two patents not infringed, in an advisory opinion to the presiding judge the jury found that Broadcom proved by clear and convincing evidence that Qualcomm knowingly violated a duty to disclose its patents to the Joint Video Team, or its parent organization, during the JVT's preparation and eventual adoption of the video compression industry standard known as the H.264 standard.

Additional evidence of Qualcomm's effort to unfairly leverage the H.264 standard emerged during trial, with testimony that the company requested a royalty for a single patent allegedly reading on H.264 that is twice the amount charged by the entire MPEG LA licensing organization for its pool of 160 essential patents -- and with Qualcomm's attempt to enjoin Broadcom's future sales of H.264-compliant products.

In a second advisory opinion to the judge, the jury found that Broadcom proved by clear and convincing evidence that Qualcomm committed inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by breaching its duty of honesty and good faith in dealings with the USPTO.

"We are obviously very pleased and very grateful for this jury's diligence in working to arrive at the truth, even when presented with some very complex and intricate engineering testimony," said David A. Dull, Broadcom's Senior Vice President and General Counsel. "This is a victory not just for Broadcom but for the entire digital video community, against an attempt by Qualcomm once again to tax an important new technology -- in this instance based upon the claims of a single patent. The trial not only showed that Qualcomm was wrong about Broadcom's alleged infringement, but also cast a bright light on Qualcomm's penchant for abusing the rules and procedures of industry standards-making bodies."

Today's victory marks Broadcom's second consecutive win against Qualcomm involving intellectual property issues. Last fall, a United States International Trade Commission (ITC) judge ruled that Qualcomm's cellular baseband chips infringe five claims of a Broadcom patent. The full Commission affirmed that ruling in December and is now considering remedies against many Qualcomm products. The ITC action was the first of several patent disputes between the companies to go to trial.

Additional Patent Actions

Broadcom is now in the final stages of preparing additional cases that go to the heart of its patent infringement disputes with Qualcomm concerning cellular baseband chips. In March 2007, the U.S. District Court in San Diego is scheduled to try Broadcom's claims that Qualcomm infringes two Broadcom patents relating to Bluetooth® technology in cellular phones. Then in May 2007, the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif. is scheduled to try Broadcom's claims that Qualcomm infringes three additional Broadcom patents relating to cellular technology. Qualcomm and Broadcom have other, later-filed patent disputes pending in U.S. District Court in San Diego that are also expected to be tried this year. Following conclusion of the ITC proceeding, expected this March when the Commission is scheduled to rule on remedies for Qualcomm's infringement, Broadcom will also litigate in the Santa Ana court the same three patents that were tried last year in the ITC.

Altogether, Broadcom currently has infringement claims from 14 different Broadcom patents awaiting trial against Qualcomm.

Broadcom is a major technology innovator in the global communications industry, with over 1,900 issued U.S. and 750 issued foreign patents, about 5,900 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video and data.

Antitrust Actions

Separately, in other actions, Broadcom has joined five other leading mobile wireless technology companies in filing complaints with the European Commission alleging that Qualcomm has engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the licensing of its patents and the sale of its chipsets for mobile wireless devices and systems. The six companies assert that Qualcomm is violating EU competition law and failing to meet the commitments it made to international standards bodies to license its technology on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. Broadcom and other wireless technology companies have filed similar complaints before the Korean Fair Trade Commission. Broadcom is also appealing last year's dismissal without prejudice of its federal antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm. The dismissal, by a U.S. District Judge in New Jersey, was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in September 2006. A number of standards development organizations, consumer advocacy groups, and other mobile wireless firms have filed amicus briefs with that court in support of the position that violations of industry standards-making processes can give rise to antitrust liability.

BRCM: Nasdaq Confirms Broadcom Compliance with Listing Requirements

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) announced that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has notified the company that it has regained compliance with the Nasdaq requirement relating to the filing of periodic reports with the SEC and has evidenced compliance with all other Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Accordingly, the Panel determined to continue the listing of Broadcom's Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and the review of the company's listing status has been closed.

Broadcom Licenses ARM High-Performance AMBA 3 AXI Interconnect Technol

ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that Broadcom Corporation has licensed its PrimeCell® high-performance AMBA® 3 AXI™ interconnect technology (PL301), along with the AMBA Designer tool, for next generation on-chip bus development involving wireless and mobile platforms.

“At Broadcom we are constantly growing and extending our technology base in order to best address existing and new markets. The AMBA AXI specification, coupled with the versatility of ARM® configurable PrimeCell infrastructure IP, helps us optimize system performance across a wide spectrum of applications,” said Dr. Edward Frank, Corporate Vice President of Research and Development for Broadcom. “Further, ARM’s ability to deliver significant IP, including high performance on-chip interconnect, together with ARM’s strong commitments to support Broadcom’s needs, are helping us decrease time to market for an increasing number of important products.”



“This Broadcom license represents a significant milestone in the continuing expansion of the ARM Fabric Business Unit’s market share,” said Jonathan Morris, General Manager, Fabric BU, ARM. “This design win with a communications industry leader underlines a key value that we bring to our Partners: a complete on-chip communications fabric, all architected around a single de facto standard – AMBA interconnect technology.”

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BRCM: Broadcom's New Gigabit Switches with BroadShield Security Technology Aim to Reduce the Complexity of Implementing Secure Enterprise Networks

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new generation of multi-layer Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches designed to improve enterprise network security through a highly scalable and easy-to-manage security infrastructure. This latest generation of Broadcom® StrataXGS® III Gigabit Ethernet switches features new BroadShield™ security technology, which enables network admission control (NAC) and supports Microsoft's Network Access Protection policy enforcement technology to achieve dramatically improved network security and manageability when compared to existing solutions.
Network security is one of the top concerns for enterprise IT network managers, given the prevalence of hacking, malware and inside security threats, as well as, the need to comply with government regulations. It is a challenge to implement security profiles for one user, let alone an enterprise network with hundreds, or thousands, of users. Additionally, IT professionals prefer standards-based solutions (versus proprietary solutions) to ensure interoperability between multiple hardware and software vendors. As a result, next-generation switching solutions must keep pace with the ever changing security threats in enterprise networks, and the underlying security infrastructure must be cost-effective, as well as easier to implement and manage.

Announced today is the Broadcom StrataXGS III BCM56510 series of multi- layer Gigabit Ethernet switches, a follow-on series to the company's widely deployed BCM56500 series. All products in the BCM56510 series are equipped with BroadShield security technology, a multi-layered security framework that includes a robust set of standards-based features to dramatically improve security while delivering unmatched scalability. The key security features include standards-based authentication, user quarantine, denial of service (DoS) attack prevention, 'man in the middle' attack prevention, spoofing prevention, and support for advanced access control lists (ACLs).

"The breadth of security features in Broadcom's BroadShield technology addresses our customers' needs for a more robust and scalable enterprise security infrastructure," said Eric Hayes, Director of Marketing, Broadcom Enterprise Switching line of business. "Broadcom is setting the stage for standards-based networks where endpoints and switches can interoperate in today's complex multi-vendor environment."

Through BroadShield technology, Broadcom's new BCM56510 series of GbE switches is designed to support Microsoft Network Access Protection. Network Access Protection is a policy enforcement technology built into the Windows Vista and Windows Server, codenamed "Longhorn" operating systems that allows customers to better protect network assets from unhealthy computers by enforcing compliance with network health policies. Microsoft's Network Access Protection technology is publicly available with trial versions of Windows Vista, and available to select partners and customers with Beta 2 of the future version of Windows Server, codename "Longhorn."

"Standardization of network security is a topic that needs to be addressed, pairing the hardware at the chip level with the software that runs the network," said Mike Schutz, Group Product Manager - Security and Access, at Microsoft Corp. "Broadcom is one of the companies that is laying the groundwork for standardization by developing new technology that will support Microsoft's vision for network security."

The BCM56510 series, with BroadShield technology, also enables network admission control (NAC), which governs how security policies are enforced on any device on the network with the goal of minimizing the damage from emerging security threats. IT managers employing NAC have the ability to control network access for any client that accesses the network (for example, a PC, PDA or other endpoint device), granting the appropriate level of access based on the classification of the endpoint device.

"Integration of security into hardware will significantly enhance performance and lower costs while ensuring the integrity of the network infrastructure," said Chris Crowell, EVP Research & Development, Enterasys Networks. "Broadcom's new switch silicon enables us to cost-effectively further our integrated hardware and software developments to automatically sense and respond to network security threats in a way that is practical, achievable, and delivers rapid time to value."

BroadShield Security Technology

Broadcom's BroadShield security technology is a multi-layer security framework that enables a scalable network security architecture with simplified network management. BroadShield utilizes a unique flow-based user- classification framework that allows IT managers to enforce secure policies on a packet-by-packet basis without complicated administration of a large numbers of rules. The overriding benefit is the ease at which these secure profiles are implemented and proliferated through the network, regardless of the scale of the user base.

The key features of the new StrataXGS III BCM56510 series include:

• Advanced Layer 2 (L2) switching and Layer 3 (L3) routing, including IPv4/IPv6
  
• BroadShield security technology addresses enterprise security with ContentAware™-based scalable ACLs, port-level L2 and L3 security, integrated and enhanced DOS prevention mechanism, and L3 traffic virtualization
  
• Microsoft Network Access Protection support enables robust network admission control (NAC)
  
• Virtual router technology provides secure virtualization of network traffic
  
• Tunneling schemes such as IPv6 over IPv4, ISATAP, IP over IP, etc., provide a variety of transition mechanisms
  
• High-end IP multicast for video/audio distribution, web conferencing, etc.
  
• Supports eight classes of service (CoS) with sophisticated scheduling mechanism
  
• Robust 802.1ad support enables scalable carrier access

Availability
The new Broadcom StrataXGS III BCM56510 series (BCM56510, BCM56511, BCM56512, BCM56513 and BCM56514) is now sampling to early access customers. The StrataXGS III family features a mature, widely adopted software API, which is common across the entire product line and supported by multiple third-party software vendors. BCM56510 series reference designs are available to help speed time-to-market and include software, schematics, layout files and related documentation. Product pricing is available upon request.

BRCM: Broadcom Announces Conference Call to Review Q4 and Fiscal Year 2006 Financial Results

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors following the release of its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2006 financial results on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time; 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will be conducted by Scott McGregor, Broadcom's President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Henry Samueli, Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Bruce Kiddoo, Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer.
After the close of the market on February 8, and prior to the conference call, Broadcom will distribute a copy of the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2006 financial results press release via PR Newswire. To listen to the webcast, or to view the press release or the financial or other statistical information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investors section of the Broadcom website at www.broadcom.com/investors. The webcast will be recorded and available until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, February 22, 2007.

On September 8, 2006 and July 14, 2006 Broadcom provided preliminary reports regarding its voluntary review of equity award practices, commenced in May 2006. As previously announced, the company will be restating its financial statements for the first quarter of 2006 and prior periods as a result of the equity award review. The company is working expeditiously on the restatement of its financial statements and expects to file an amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for 2005 and amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the first quarter of 2006, reporting adjustments to its prior financial statements, as well as Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the second and third quarters of 2006, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January 2007.