Broadcom Delivers the Industry’s First Single-Chip, 65 Nanometer High Definition 1080p Digital TV Solution

Broadcom Delivers the Industry's First Single-Chip, 65 Nanometer High Definition 1080p Digital TV Solution

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced the industry's first high definition (HD) digital TV silicon solution that supports full 1080p display resolution. Designed in 65 nanometer process geometry, this new “television-on-a-chip” enables TV and other consumer equipment manufacturers to cost-effectively build TVs and displays with the industry's highest quality HD resolution.

Supporting Full 1080p Display Resolution, Broadcom's New 'Television-on-a-Chip' Enables Consumer Equipment Manufacturers to Economically Build Televisions with the Highest Quality HD Display Resolution in the Industry Broadcom's First 65 Nanometer Solution Enables Improved Performance, Reduced Power Consumption and More Features at a Lower System Cost

Building upon successful first generation HD system-on-a-chip (SoC) products, Broadcom has developed this single-chip HDTV solution that not only significantly surpasses current chip technology in integration and performance, but also furthers the expansion of affordable high definition television to the masses.

Full HD1080p is considered the highest quality video display standard for HDTV, offering a display resolution of 1920 x 1080, or over two million pixels. Consumer equipment manufacturers are currently deploying high quality 1080p display resolution in HD televisions, DVD players and video gaming equipment.